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 chocolate frosted cake on a white cake stand with a slice cut out of it in front of a white background

13 vegan cakes

A white bowl filled with ramen noodles with chopsticks on top

Leftover turkey ramen noodles

Cheese straws on a wooden board with a side salad

Cheese pastry

A roast duck main with side dishes in the background

Roast duck with sherried shallots

Chocolate bark broke into shards

Baking and desserts

Chocolate bark with dates, pistachios and almonds

A tray of freshly baked stollen buns

Baking and desserts

Stollen buns

A Rotisserie chicken on a wooden board

Meat and poultry

Rotisserie chicken

Dozens of blinis with different toppings on them on a serving platter

Blinis toppings

A champagne cocktail in a tall glass

Cocktails and drinks

Champagne mojito

A leek gratin in a green dish with a Christmas cracker in the background

Leek gratin with crispy leek topping

Two cocktails set against a festive background

Cocktails and drinks

Fig and grapefruit twinkle cocktail

A cocktail glass with a red cocktail in it garnished with rosemary

Cocktails and drinks

Poinsettia cocktail

A large platter of couscous salad with smoked trout

Fish and seafood

Giant couscous salad with hot smoked fish

A white bowl with three jerusalem artichokes in a yellow creamy sauce

8 Jerusalem artichoke recipes

A batch of peanut brownies cut into squares

Baking and desserts

Fudgy nougat and salted peanut brownies