12 Christmas Roast Recipes All Your Guests Will Love
Christmas is right around the corner and every year, we want to make it as memorable as possible. Whether you’re impressing your mates or you want to give your parents a break and show off the cooking skills you gained from university, here are twelve Christmas roast recipes to try. Some of these are traditional meat recipes whilst others are strictly vegetarian, perfect for satisfying everyone in your family or group of friends.
1. Lemon, Garlic and Rosemary Chicken
A great Christmas classic with a lovely batch of flavours. Compared to other roasts, this is a quick and easy one to do. If you’re not confident with roasts, this Christmas roast recipe is a great one to try out.
2. Herb and Butter Roasted Turkey with White Wine Pan Gravy
This takes longer to cook but is a great Christmas roast recipe for anyone and everyone who loves a traditional turkey. This comes with a great white wine gravy which is great for anyone who loves alcohol.
3. Roast turkey with spiced cranberry, bacon and walnut stuffing
If you want to try something a bit more advanced, this recipe includes stuffing the turkey which gives it a greater Christmas flavour.
4. Roast stuffed goose with apples and prunes
Written by a great chef, if you can cook with goose this Christmas, make it with the great Delia Smith! This recipe has been used for nineteen years and continues to be an amazing Christmas roast recipe for goose.
5.Spiced roast goose
Another amazing recipe with goose but written by Jamie Oliver. This recipe involves several herbs and spices but is great if you want to show off your cooking skills this Christmas.
6. Slow cooker beef pot roast
For all lovers of beef, this is a great recipe to make. The beef is made in the slow cooker which gives you more space for the oven. The beef is prepared and cooked in the slow cooker at the beginning of the day which frees up time for the rest of the day.
7. Nut roast en croute
A great vegetarian dish for the Christmas holidays. You can buy readymade puff pastry but you can make your own if you wanted to show off your cooking skills.
8. Whole roasted cauliflower
To all the vegans out there, this is the dish to try if you’re tired of having to stare at meat. It contains sherry to which gives your friends the perfect excuse to try it. The ingredients are easy to get too, what’s not to love!
9.Roast turkey crown
This recipe is a basic one if aren’t confident with cooking the turkey. Packed with other recipes for the Christmas table, this Christmas roast recipe has been written by the great Mary Berry herself, so you know it’ll turn out great.
10.Nut and spinach roast with wild mushroom gravy
Another great vegetarian dish to add to the Christmas table. It’s full of vegetables that make this a healthy alternative to meat roasts.
11. Slow-roasted pork shoulder
Another great Jamie Oliver dish worthy of the Christmas table. For anyone who loves pork, this may take six hours to cook but its worth the wait for the Christmas dinner.
12. Roast turkey crown with herb butter
When you aren’t satisfied with one form of meat, go for Christmas roast recipes like this! The top of this roast is weaved with bacon which looks magnificent and perfect for the centrepiece.
