Yotam Ottolenghi

Boxing Day BLT, veg samosas with cranberry sauce, and Christmas pudding eccles cakes with marzipan – stylish ways to use up excess food

Dispense with tradition and instead serve a globetrotting menu of Asian-style prawn and lettuce dumplings with a tangerine dipping sauce, followed by Mexican stuffed peppers and a Mauritian pineapple cake to finish off

Introducing a Chinese-inspired vegan centrepiece for your Christmas table

Turkey and all the trimmings is all very well, but to turn heads this Christmas, try out this roast spatchcock chicken in chilli butter with a Gruffalo-inspired stuffing cake, sweet potatoes roasted with pecan and lime, and a zingy sprout slaw