Christmas party food recipes

All the recipes you need for an easy Christmas party. Pick your favourites from mini sausages, Tandoori chicken skewers, baked camembert, cheese twists and much more.
Sticky cranberry sausages
by Nigel Slater

Make a trayful of sticky, sweet-tart cocktail sausages to pass around as Christmas party food or as an alternative to pigs in blankets at the dinner table.

Side dishes

Sausage roll wreath

by Richard Burr
Starters & nibbles

Mushroom crostini

by Antonio Carluccio
Starters & nibbles

Ham and cheese crown

by Nadiya Hussain
Starters & nibbles

Cheese and chorizo twists

by Georgina Mackenzie
Starters & nibbles

Puff pastry bites

by Emily Angle
Starters & nibbles

Veggie sausage rolls

by Becca Spry
Light meals & snacks

Tandoori chicken skewers

by Emily Angle
Starters & nibbles

Hasselback potatoes with bacon

by Becca Spry
Starters & nibbles

Baked camembert with garlic bread

by Richard Phillips
Starters & nibbles

Mini sausage rolls

by Lorraine Pascale
Starters & nibbles

Parmesan shortbreads

by Nigella Lawson
Starters & nibbles

Smoked salmon pâté

by Juliette Lawrence Wilson
Starters & nibbles

Cheese straws

by Jenny White
Starters & nibbles

Mini smoked salmon and dill cakes

by Jo Pratt
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Puff pastry party canapés

by Sophie Wright
Starters & nibbles

Golden dough balls with cheese and herbs

by Mary Berry
Starters & nibbles

Mini Cornish pasties

Starters & nibbles

Stilton puffs

by Nigel Slater
Starters & nibbles

Smoked salmon blini canapés

by Smiths of Smithfield
Starters & nibbles

Mini Yorkshire puddings with roast beef and horseradish cream

by James Martin
Starters & nibbles

Tandoori chicken tikka

by Maunika Gowardhan
Main course

Spiced macadamia nuts

by The Hairy Bikers
Starters & nibbles

Parma ham, goats’ cheese and rocket canapés

by Mary Berry
Starters & nibbles

Blue cheese and fig tarts

by Mary Berry
Starters & nibbles

Tandoori chicken skewers

by Major Singh Jawanda
Main course

Mini beef Wellington tartlets

by Mary Berry
Starters & nibbles

Stilton and toasted walnut balls

by Merrilees Parker
Starters & nibbles

Yoghurt-spiced chicken skewers

by Paul Merrett
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Simple smoked salmon pâté

by Paul Hollywood
Starters & nibbles

Bacon and cheese straws

by Lorraine Pascale
Starters & nibbles

Potato wafers with smoked salmon, watercress and horseradish cream

by Nick Nairn
Starters & nibbles

Red onion and Brie tartlets

Starters & nibbles

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