A little effort

Ribs and salad on a blue plate

Meat and poultry

Short rib suadero

4 h 30 mins serves 6

Three jars of open marmalade with a spoon on the side

Marmalade

3 h Makes 5 x 350g jars

A golden turkey wellington with one slice cut off, and a little pot of gravy on the side

Turkey wellington

4 h serves 8

An intricate chocolate babka set against a green background

Chocolate, cherry and pistachio babka

1 h 20 mins Makes 12-14 servings

A beautiful bundt cake topped with caramel sauce and golden apple slices

Baking and desserts

Mulled apple bundt cake

2 h 30 mins Makes 10 servings

A beautiful blueberry tart with a crown of scorched meringue on top of it

Vegan blueberry meringue pie

2 h serves 8

A tower of filled choux buns sitting on a white cake stand

Snowball choux bun tower

1 h 45 mins serves 6

A huge pan full of roast chicken thighs and rice with side dishes all around it

Danbauk (Burmese chicken pilaf)

2 h 30 mins serves 8

Pork rillettes

Pork rillettes

3 h 45 mins serves 8 as a starter

Pedro ximénez, marmalade and almond Christmas pudding

Baking and desserts

Pedro ximénez, marmalade and almond Christmas pudding

10 h 20 mins serves 8

Chocolate and hazelnut millefeuille cake

Baking and desserts

Chocolate and hazelnut millefeuille cake

1 h 20 mins serves 6-8

Brown sugar-glazed seitan ham

Glazed vegan ham

5 h serves 8-10

Negroni meringue pie on a white cake stand

Baking and desserts

Negroni meringue pie

1 h serves 8-10

Christmas stollen on a wooden board with a Christmas tree miniature and decorations on the side

Baking and desserts

Classic stollen

1 h 30 mins Cuts into 16 slices

Bacon and chive brioche buns

Baking and desserts

Bacon and chive brioche buns

1 h 15 mins Makes 10 buns