Festive inspiration

Hundreds of beautiful, triple-tested festive recipes; gift inspiration for food lovers; how to plan the perfect Christmas Day dinner; showstopping bakes and much more inspiration for a sustainable, effortless Christmas

Profiterole Tower with Chocolate and Hazelnuts

Best Christmas desserts

Mulled Wine with Elderflower Recipe

Best Christmas cocktails

Best Champagne for Best Supermarket Champagne and Sparkling Wine

12 of the best champagnes

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Foodie gifts

Craft Gin Club April gin box

Best gin subscriptions and clubs

Wine hamper with bottles and glasses laid out

Best wine gifts

Three big boxes of food in a row

Best foodie hampers for Christmas

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Christmas baking

Panforte cut into slices on a plate, with tealights around

Baking and desserts

Panforte

1 h serves 10

Chocolate panettone on a cake stand with two glasses of festive drinks and a dark green backdrop

Baking and desserts

Chocolate panettone

1 h 35 mins serves 10-12

Gold jug pouring rum onto a CAribbean rum cake on a crystal cake stand

Baking and desserts

Caribbean rum cake

2 h serves 8-10

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Festive drinks

A blue background with two glasses in front filled with red wine, slices of orange and cinnamon sticks

Mulled wine

20 mins serves 6

Two coupe glasses of orange liquid with cherries on the side

Cocktails and drinks

Christmas gin cocktail

5 mins serves 1

Eggnog in a glass on a snow-covered table

Cocktails and drinks

Eggnog

40 mins serves 8

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Festive entertaining

A glass bowl filled with chocolate swiss rolls, whipped cream and hazelnuts

Chocolate trifle

30 mins serves 10

Best Roast Potatoes Ever Recipe

Best-ever roast potatoes

1 h 45 mins serves 4

Vegan Wellington Recipe

Vegan wellington

1 h 30 mins serves 6

11 Red Cabbage Recipes served in a bowl with a silver spoon on a white table cloth surrounded by decorative pine cones

Red cabbage with redcurrant jelly

2 h serves 10