Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 2 hours - Serves 6 Ok, you can’t mess about with Christmas dinner, it’s probably the most important meal of the year. And in my house, there are a few essentials that are a MUST!! One, obviously a beautiful juicy turkey. Two, proper pan gravy (no granules). Three, crispy and fluffy roast potatoes. & Four, stuffing!!! This stuffing eats like a meal just on its own! Made using good quality sausage meat, smoked streaky bacon courtesy of The Joll

Prep Time 5 minute - Total Time 10 - Serves 2 Giving Pigs in Blankets that spicy Chinese takeaway twist. Oh my days it works so well!!! Take the little piggy’s and roast (I’ve used The Jolly Hog pigs in blankets) then stir-fry with all the goodies. This recipe will work chips, prawns whatever you fancy. Ingredients 10 mini pigs in blankets. 1 white onion, sliced. 1 green pepper, sliced. Red chillies, sliced (as many as you like). 2 spring onions, sliced. 1 tsp of Chinese five

Prep Time 10 minutes + marinating - Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes - Serves 5 This dish could not be any more Christmassy, well maybe if I used reindeer instead of lamb hahaha. Classic flavours mulled wine, cranberries, clementines, star anise. I recon Mr and Mrs Claus would love it. Ingredients 1 kg of diced lamb shoulder. 7 juniper berries, lightly crushed. 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, roughly chopped. 1 large onion, roughly diced. 50 g of dried cranberries. 3 carrots, cut in

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 20 minutes - Makes 10 - 12 It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas and with my mince pie wheels, it’s going to taste a lot like it as well. If you normally buy mince pies and leave one out on Christmas Eve how about having a go at making these this year. A great activity to do with the kids and I’m sure the big man in red will enjoy them with a little glass of something nice. Ingredients 400 g of good quality mincemeat. 4 pieces of stem g

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 35 minutes - Serves 4 If you don’t like cauliflower this is your gateway into loving it. Basically, if there is anything you do not like pour cheese sauce on it and you will be converted. Cauliflower cheese on its own is amazing but with the chestnut and chorizo crumb, it just takes it to another level that you need to experience. Ingredients 1 large cauliflower, broken up into florets. 50 g unsalted butter. 50 g plain flour. 1 white onion, f