Christmas

Hundreds of beautiful, triple-tested Christmas recipes; how to plan the perfect Christmas Day dinner; which foodie Advent calendar to buy; Christmas supermarket taste tests; our favourite gifts for food lovers; how to make the most of leftover turkey; and our ultimate Boxing Day sandwich recipe… and that’s just for starters! Find all of our Christmas content in one place, right here.

Gingerbread old fashioned in a glass with some slices of ginger to garnish

Cocktails and drinks

Gingerbread old fashioned

0 ratings

PX espresso martini in a coupe glass

Cocktails and drinks

PX espresso martini

0 ratings

Clementine and amaretto sour in a glass with a twist of clementine peel to garnish

Cocktails and drinks

Clementine and amaretto sour.

0 ratings

A tray of Christmas biscuits with someone icing them

Baking and desserts

Spiced Christmas biscuits

0 ratings

Front cover of olive's Christmas magazine

The olive magazine Christmas cover reveal

A white background with a selection of colourful crackers dotted around

Best Christmas crackers

Pink cranberry gimlet in a martini glass

Cocktails and drinks

Cranberry gimlet

0 ratings

Porchetta with lemongrass and lime leaf, on a wooden chopping board with two slices cut off, served with bowls of roasted parsnips, roast potatoes and kale in the background

Meat and poultry

Porchetta with lemongrass and lime leaf

0 ratings

Pear, ginger and almond tart on a plate with a knife on the side

Pear, ginger and almond tart

0 ratings

Classic Tiramisu Recipe

Baking and desserts

Classic tiramisu

5 ratings

Negroni drink recipe

10 negroni recipes

Orange and cinnamon fig chutney on a board with assorted cheeses and crackers

Fig chutney

0 ratings

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

10 Christmas punch recipes

Best cake stands to buy for bakers 2024

Roast chicken with hispi cabbage in a baking tray

Meat and poultry

Roast chicken with anchovy butter, shallots and hispi cabbage

0 ratings

Layered chocolate cake on a cake stand with caramel in the middle and chocolate icing

Baking and desserts

Salted caramel chocolate cake

0 ratings

Oreo Baileys fridge cake, with a large chunk taken out to reveal the layered filling

32 no-bake dessert recipes

Homemade rum truffles on a pink plate

10 chocolate truffle recipes

French 75 Champagne Cocktail Recipe

Best Champagne glasses

Cosmopolitan Recipe

31 vodka cocktails

Roasted Cherry Tomatoes on Toast with Garlic Confit

30 vegetarian starter recipes

Fried Brussels Sprouts Recipe with Cheese

31 brussels sprouts recipes

Three Christmas tree food baubles

Best Christmas tree food baubles

Christmas pudding on a plate with a spoonful taken out

Classic Christmas pudding

0 ratings

Baileys Chocolate Tiffin Recipe for Christmas

47 homemade food gifts for Christmas

A fruit cake covered in white icing with a slice taken out of it

Baking and desserts

Classic Christmas cake

1 rating

Mince pies on a plate and serving board

Classic mince pies

1 rating

A plate of spiced heart and star shaped biscuits with two glasses of gluhwein

20 Christmas market recipes

Four bottles of Irish cream, one gold round one and the others conventional bottle shape

Best Irish creams and cream liqueurs

Sliced slow cooker gammon braised in cider

21 gammon recipes