Dubai-style hot chocolate

Transform trendy Dubai-style chocolate into a hot chocolate with the help of pistachios. It makes a luxurious drink for one on cold winter nights

Christmas tree cakes

Get your kids in the kitchen to help decorate a festive Christmas tree cake. This clever recipe makes two ‘trees’ from just one sponge, so once it’s cooled, you can go head-to-head on the decorating!

Dubai chocolate dates

Transform trending Dubai chocolate flavours and textures, including crisp kadayif (shredded filo) pastry and pistachio-tahini cream, into an edible gift with these chocolate-dipped dates

Gingerbread granola

Prep a batch of this spiced granola to make breakfast feel a bit more special over the holidays. Serve with milk or yogurt and sliced clementines

Reindeer peanut butter thumbprint cookies

Bake a batch of these sweet reindeer cookies on Christmas Eve to leave out for Santa. Kids will love helping out and adding Rudolph’s jammy red nose!

‘Plain cheese pizza’ cups

Serve these bite-sized pizzas while you’re snuggled on the sofa to watch a Christmas movie – the name is a nod to Kevin’s favourite pizza in Home Alone

Brown butter & cardamom lebkuchen

Make a twist on the classic lebkuchen over Christmas. Spiced with fragrant cardamom, brown butter gives these chewy cookies a nutty edge

Parsnip & pancetta upside-down tart

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

Use leftover parsnips to make this fabulous tart made with pancetta, red onions and pecans on a bed of puff pastry. It’s great to serve a crowd

Red cabbage & blood orange tabbouleh

Enjoy this vibrant tabbouleh salad with your favourite grills. With red cabbage, dried cranberries and pomegranate seeds, it’s perfect at Christmas

Sprout & kimchi Korean-style pancakes

Use cooked, leftover brussels sprouts from Christmas to make these Korean-style pancakes. Serve with a sesame and soy dipping sauce alongside