Entertain

Hundreds of show-stopping recipes, designed to impress your friends and family. How about cucumber, smoked salmon and avo stacks for starter; beef shin rendang for main; and a delectable chocolate, peanut butter and jam terrine for dessert?

A plate of green dumplings on a wooden table

Vegetable dumplings (jiaozi)

1 h 45 mins serves 4

A tray of chopped white chocolate bark sprinkled with nuts and dried fruit

Blonde chocolate Christmas bark

20 mins serves 8-10

A blue cocktail garnished with a sprig of green mint

Grasshopper cocktail

2 mins serves 1

A cake stand topped with a pastry dessert filled with a chocolate mousse

Chocolate and hazelnut paris-brest

1 h 30 mins serves 6-8

A plate topped with buttery swirl biscuits and filled with a ginger buttercream

Clementine and ginger viennese whirls

50 mins makes 13-15

A tray topped with five golden buns filled with a thick cream filling

Mincemeat maritozzi buns

1 h makes 10

A round tray topped with meringue towers filed with a cookie filling

White chocolate peppermint flødeboller

2 h 10 mins makes 20

A triple layer cake decorated with a buttercream frosting and topped with candied oranges

Spiced brandy butter and candied orange cake

2 h serves 15

Cubes of caramel fudge sprinkled with sea salt

Salted caramel fudge

25 mins cuts into 25

A white plate topped with two empanadas with crimped pastry

Argentinian cheese and onion empanadas

1 h makes 12

Festive Yule Log Recipe

Ultimate Christmas yule log

Partnered content NEFF

1 h 20 mins serves 8

Crumble Topped Mince Pies Recipe with Whisky

Whisky crumble mince pies

Partnered content NEFF

1 h makes 12

An impressive three-layered iced chocolate cake with fairy lights in the background

Baileys cake

Partnered content NEFF

1 h Makes 10-12 servings

Harissa lime prawn cocktail

Christmas starters

A plate topped with layers of chocolate pastry topped with mandarin pieces

Mandarin, chocolate and hazelnut millefeuille

45 mins serves 4