With just over a week to go to the big day, remember that it’s about now you should be putting your sprouts on to cook for the big day. They do take about a week, though three days might be okay.
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Christmas at River Cottage
Fancy something different this Christmas?
Something a little more organic and ethical then you usually have?
Christmas is a time for overindulgence, for fabulous presents (and unwanted scarves) and, above all, for spending with loved ones. But if you’re the cook of the house, how many years have you missed out on the fun because you’ve been chained to the cooker? Do yourself a favour this year and adopt the River Cottage approach to festive cooking.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall writes in the Guardian on a (not too) alternative approach to cooking the Christmas dinner.
Christmas in Pastry
The Guardian has posted a Christmas Pie recipe.
In the last of our exclusive baking recipes, Martin Dewey, founder of Square Pie, explains how you can recreate their hearty festive pastry in your own kitchen.
Avoid Christmas Food Poisoning
Every year across the UK hundreds (if not thousands) of people suffer a miserable Christmas as they go down with food poisoning, with a lot of these down to badly cooked roasted turkeys.
With less than a month to go the Food Standards Agency has published a Safer Christmas Eating guide which should help you avoid making yourself and others ill through badly cooked food.
Whether you’re cooking for one or thirty-one, our Christmas poultry advice – plus our cooking and defrosting calculators – can help protect you and your family and friends from food poisoning.
Well worth reading, more so if you have never cooked a really big turkey before.