Christmas recipe

Donal Skehan's Christmas movie popcorn

Donal Skehan's Christmas movie popcorn - Spicy Buffalo Wing Popcorn & White Chocolate & Raspberry Popcorn.

Eunice Power's Christmas Menu: Today

A Christmas feast from Eunice Power and Belling.

Kevin Dundon's Christmas Menu: Today

Butternut squash festive wreath recipe

Who needs a dry nut roast when you can serve this for Christmas?

Iced Christmas bombe and clementine caramel: Today

The citrusy clementine caramel really adds a festive kick to this dessert.

Mags Roche's rice pudding with poached pears

Catherine Fulvio's sticky pear Christmas pudding

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Richard Corrigan's Christmas morning sausage rolls

The breakfast on Christmas morning tastes better than almost any other day - there's something very special about it. Richard Corrigan brings us these tasty delights to spice things up a little and to add to the magic.

Rory's turkey and mushroom pie with herb mash

Rory's frosted berries with white chocolate sauce

This is a blast from the past but so easy and really delicious. The sweet sour combination of white chocolate and tart berries is both refreshing and pretty to look at.

Rory's scrambled eggs with roast mushrooms

This is a delicious combination that can be very convenient due to the fact that the scrambled eggs can be prepared ahead of time.

Donal's chocolate tiramisu trifle

Rory's roast red onion, potato & thyme frittata

A frittata is an Italian omelette. Unlike its soft and creamy French cousin, a frittata is cooked slowly over a very low heat. It is cooked on both sides and cut into wedges like a piece of cake.

Donal Skehan's turkey & trimmings

A great tip for testing if your turkey is cooked is to pierce the thickest part with a long clean skewer or knitting needle. If the juices run clear, it is ready, if it's a little pink then return to the oven and cook a little longer. I prefer to use a free range or organic bird for this special occasion. If you want to carve it at the table, fill the neck cavity with a bunch of fresh herbs and arrange the roast potatoes and Parmesan crusted parsnips around it, draping them with redcurrant sprigs for that festive touch!

Donal Skehan's full Irish breakfast baps

Rory's traditional Irish sherry trifle

As with any dish, the better the ingredients, the more delicious the result. For a good trifle, you need a good home-made sponge cake, lovely raspberry jam, a fresh and rich custard and lots of sweet sherry. Softly whipped cream and candied or crystalised fruit and perhaps some roasted almonds complete the picture. In this recipe, I suggest a whisked up sponge. You will not need all of both sponges for the trifle, but the sponge cake recipe works better producing the two sponges as suggested. You can eat the remaining sponge right away filled with raspberry jam and a …

Rory's potato and leek soup

This is a lovely timeless combination of ingredients and makes a delicious and warming winter soup. The classic version of this soup is known as Potage Bonne Femme. It is sometimes served chilled with the addition of lots of cream and in that case it is called Potage Vichysoisse. The soup will keep in the fridge for a couple of days and also freezes really well.

Rory O'Connell's chocolate orange sticks

This recipe undoubtedly requires commitment but most of the time you will be just keeping an eye on what is going on in the saucepan rather than being directly involved. I serve these after dinner with coffee or frequently give them as gifts to special friends. The finished sticks will keep really well in the fridge in a covered container for up to 1 month.

Rory O'Connell's picnic chest of sandwiches

Rory O'Connell's bastible bread

A bastible is an iron pot, usually with three little legs underneath and a slightly domed lid, that was used as a pot oven to cook over an open fire. Everything from breads and tarts to stews and even a goose was cooked in a bastible. Bread and tarts that were cooked in a bastible always had more tender crusts because the steam was trapped inside the pot, softening the crust. You can recreate a similar tender crust effect by cooking the soda bread in a covered casserole in the oven.

Rory's winter salad of organic greens

Rory's glazed streaky or loin of bacon

Rory's American popovers with jam and cream

This is little gem of a recipe is an excellent standby, it can be made in seconds, the ingredients are inexpensive and used for breakfast or as a pudding or just to go with a cup of tea. Sweet or savoury fillings work.

Paul's crimson grape cheesecake: Today

Sweet and light, this cheesecake is also incredibly easy to make.

Mincemeat meringue fool & whiskey caramel: Today

A twist on classic Christmas flavours, this dessert combines crisp meringue, rich caramel and plump mincemeat.