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CHRISTMAS FOOD 2024

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CHRISTMAS FOOD 2024

CHRISTMAS FOOD 2024

Is it ever too early to get excited about your Christmas feast? It's a ho-ho-no from us, especially when our festive line-up looks incredible! From moreish mains to divine desserts, scroll to see what we've got in store this Christmas.

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Magnificent mains

Magnificent mains

Discover Christmas mains to take pride of place on your table, including a treacle-glazed stuffed turkey to enjoy on Christmas day, plus alternative dazzling centrepieces to suit any festive occasion.

Treacle Glazed Stuffed Turkey Crown with Treacle Cured Bacon

Glorious Treacle Glazed Turkey Crown

Bring a new depth of flavour to your Christmas feast with a tender turkey breast on the bone, stuffed with pork, chestnut and bacon stuffing, and topped with treacle-cured bacon and a deliciously sticky treacle glaze.

Available 19 December

Sweet Spiced Gammon with Citrus Glaze & Panettone Crumb

Sweet Spiced Gammon with Citrus Glaze & Panettone Crumb

A warming winter centrepiece of spiced ham with a zesty, fruity twist. This sweet cured British gammon joint comes with a light panettone-style crumb and citrus glaze to finish.

Available 4 December

Beef Roasting Joint With a Honey & Mustard Dripping Melt

Beef Roasting Joint With a Honey & Mustard Dripping Melt

A honey and mustard dripping melt adds a sweet, warming flavour to this tender British beef roasting joint. Delicious with goose fat roast potatoes – and in your sandwiches the next day.

Available 16 December

No.1 Wagyu Beef Sirloin Joint

No.1 Wagyu Beef Sirloin Joint

This beefy joint includes a beer malt glaze and shallot, herb and garlic crumb that add a deep savoury flavour, taking your roast beef to the next level.

Available 16 December

Chestnut & Thyme Plant-Based Turkey

Chestnut & Thyme Plant-Based Turkey

Serve a festive plant-based turkey roast, packed with thyme-scented chestnut and caramelised onion stuffing. Carve at the table and serve with all the trimmings.

Available 13 December

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Showstopping Christmas sides

Showstopping Christmas sides

Piling your plate with roast potatoes, red cabbage and pigs in blankets is one of the best bits of Christmas. But how about adding something a little different?

10 Festive Spiced British Streaky Bacon Rashers

10 Festive Spiced British Streaky Bacon Rashers

Rashers of sweet dry cured British streaky bacon, matured in black treacle and festive spices. Try layering them over your turkey for a sensational roast.

Available 4 December

12 British Treacle Pigs in Blankets

12 British Treacle Pigs in Blankets

Our new British pork cocktail sausages are seasoned with treacle spices and wrapped in spiced streaky bacon.

Available 4 December

Bacon, Leek & Winter Herb Stuffing Log

Bacon, Leek & Winter Herb Stuffing Log

'Tis the season for stuffing – and this is one of our favourites. British pork sausage meat seasoned with leek and warming winter herbs and wrapped ballotine-style in smoked streaky bacon, ready for the oven.

Available 4 December

No.1 Wagyu Roast Potatoes

No.1 Wagyu Roast Potatoes

Roast potatoes tumbled in Wagyu beef fat, rapeseed oil and butter, so they're extra crisp and golden on the outside, to complement the soft, fluffy inside.

Available 27 November

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Sensational starters

Sensational starters

Ease into the eating extravaganza with beautifully pre-prepared seafood and fish starters.

No.1 2 Lobster, Crab & Prawn Cocktails

No.1 Lobster, Crab & Prawn Cocktails

2 prawn cocktails that give the classic starter a luxurious twist. Rich brown and white crab meat is layered with juicy cold water prawns and creamy Marie Rose sauce, then topped with succulent British lobster. Delicious with thin slices of rye bread and butter.

Available 16 December

Whisky & Orange Smoked Salmon

Whisky & Orange Smoked Salmon

You can’t go wrong with salmon. This Scottish salmon is cured with salt and demerara sugar, smoked over whisky oak barrel chips, and hand-finished with Scottish malt whisky, orange oil and a sprinkling of gold lustre.

Available 27 November

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Christmas bakery

Christmas BAKERY

Rockin' around the bakery? Who could blame you when we’ve got a sleigh full of treats to sink your teeth into – like our boozy, zingy Limoncello Fizz Panettone, gooey chocolate brownies and cute snowman cupcakes for the little ones.

Limoncello Fizz Panettone

Limoncello Fizz Panettone

Made to a traditional recipe in a family-run bakery in Piedmont, this light Italian cake has pockets of limoncello filling and is infused with sparkling wine syrup.

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No.1 Jewelled Cointreau & Cranberry Christmas Pudding

No.1 Jewelled Cointreau & Cranberry Christmas Pudding

This Christmas pudding has all the plump vine fruit of a traditional pud, with a twist — it's laced with Cointreau and topped with cranberries, glacé cherries and almonds.

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Hot Chocolate Brownie

Hot Chocolate Brownie

The classic brownie just got even better. Made with rich Belgian chocolate, a milk chocolate layer, and topped with marshmallows and cocoa, it's delicious served with ice cream.

Available 1 November

4 No.1 Brown Butter Frangipane Mince pies

No.1 Frangipane mince pies with Caramelised Almonds

These 4 moreish mince pies are made with rich, buttery pastry with amaretto-infused mincemeat and sweet almond frangipane, hand-finished with crunchy caramelised almonds.

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9 No.1 Mini Brown Butter Mince Pies with Cognac

No.1 Mini Brown Butter Mince Pies with Cognac

Fancy a tipple in your treat? Introducing 9 mini mince pies made with cherries and apricot plus a dash of Cognac for a luxurious twist on the traditional treat.

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4 Sweet Snowman Cupcakes

4 Sweet Snowman Cupcakes

These cute chocolate cupcakes are topped with vanilla buttercream and hand-piped decorations. They’re sure to become a Christmas family favourite.

Available 27 November

9 No.1 Golden Limoncello Stollen Bites

No.1 Golden Limoncello Stollen Bites

Serve up 9 zingtastic stollen bites, made with plump festive fruits, marzipan and zesty limoncello liqueur. Perfect as a sweet canapé to round off a drinks party.

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Dazzling Christmas desserts

Dazzling Christmas DESSERTS

No matter how many pigs in blankets you manage, there's always room for something sweet. Grab a (large) spoon for our brand-new red velvet showstopper – you won't regret it! 

No.1 Red Velvet Bauble Dessert

No.1 Red Velvet Bauble Dessert

This delightfully rich white chocolate mousse with tangy raspberries sits on a crunchy feuilletine and cocoa sponge base. It’s finished with a red lustre, and comes with decorative baubles for you to add the finishing touches.

Available 19 December in store and online, or shop now from Waitrose Entertaining

No.1 Red Velvet Bauble

2 Red Velvet Bauble Desserts

So good, we've made it twice. These pretty red velvet bauble desserts have the same creamy white chocolate and mascarpone mousse as our showstopper, with a berry and redcurrant compôte, but no need to share.

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No.1 Tiramisu Dessert

No.1 Tiramisu Dessert

Enjoy our delightful take on the Italian classic — layers of savoiardi biscuits and sponge cake soaked in coffee sauce with a rich mascarpone cream laced with Marsala wine. It's finished with a dusting of cocoa powder and snowy icing sugar.

Available 19 December 

No.1 Belgian Chocolate & Hazelnut Torte

No.1 Belgian Chocolate & Hazelnut Torte

This irresistibly indulgent torte has a dark chocolate and hazelnut ganache on a chocolatey cookie base with nibbed hazelnuts for extra crunch. Yum, yum, yum!

Available 19 December

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Gorgeous gifts

Gorgeous gifts

Give something delicious this Christmas like our hot chocolate coins or chocolate snowmen. They’ll make a tasty stocking filler!

No.1 Starry Night Hot Chocolate Coins

No.1 Starry Night Hot Chocolate Coins

Our new hot chocolate coins are made with rich milk chocolate and finished with a festive shimmer. Eat them just as they are, or drop one into a cup of hot milk for a velvety hot chocolate.

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Chocolate Snowmen

Chocolate Snowmen

These perfectly portioned milk chocolate snowmen have a soft ganache centre and work wonderfully in a mug of warm milk. Top the milk with marshmallows for a cosy Christmas treat.

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Chocolate Selection

Chocolate Selection

Seasonal flavours come together in this irresistible selection box of chocolates, including salted caramel, hazelnut praline, berry meringue and tangy orange.

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Snowmen's Noses

Snowmen's Noses

These cute white chocolate ‘carrots’ made from Fairtrade sourced cocoa are filled with silky smooth salted caramel.

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Chocolate Orange Fudge

Chocolate Orange Fudge

Exceptionally smooth dark chocolate and orange fudge made with mixed citrus peel and Fairtrade cocoa. 

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Perfect party food

Perfect party food

Christmas is the perfect excuse for a party and we’ve got a selection of finger food fit for the occasion. Add a little fun with our bao buns, an Italian twist with carbonara cups and a touch of luxury with bite-sized crab-topped crumpets. 

8 Santa Bao Buns

No.1 Santa Bao Buns

A festive take on the popular snack: soft, pillowy, hand-made mini bao buns decorated with Santa's face and his round tummy. They're filled with shredded vegetables in a deliciously sweet, sticky hoisin sauce.

Available 13 November

12 Crispy Bacon Carbonara Cups

No.1 Crispy Bacon Carbonara Cups

Irresistibly moreish party nibbles, playfully inspired by the classic Italian dish. Crisp cups of maple-cured smoked bacon are filled with a creamy spaghetti carbonara.

Available 13 November

8 Crab & Brown Butter Crumpets

No.1 Crab & Brown Butter Crumpets

These mini crumpets are topped with rich crab gratin; spiced brown butter, generously seasoned crème fraîche and cheese for bites of flavour to savour.

Available 27 November

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Christmas deli

Christmas deli

Christmas sandwich ham

Wiltshire Blood Orange Festive Ham

Take festive sandwiches to the next level with our Wiltshire cured ham, with a blood orange and Christmas spiced seasoning.

Available 4 December

No.1 Cured Pork Carpaccio

No.1 Cured Pork Carpaccio

This thinly sliced cured pork loin comes with shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano to scatter on top, extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar for drizzling.

Available 4 December

Mini Mulled Cranberry Pork Pies

Mini Mulled Cranberry Pork Pies

Little bites of festive deliciousness — cured British pork packed into a rich hot water crust pastry, topped with a smooth and tangy mulled wine cranberry glaze, then hand-finished with a decorative pastry star.

Available 27 November

No.1 Pistachio & Apricot Pork Terrine

No.1 Pistachio & Apricot Pork Terrine

Make this your festive go-to – our No.1 Pistachio & Apricot Pork Terrine is made with succulent, coarse-cut pork, crunchy pistachios, sweet apricots and a dash of Cognac.

Available 27 November

Baking Camembert with Festive Sticky Plum and Ginger glaze

Baking Camembert with Festive Sticky Plum and Ginger glaze

Introducing our full-flavoured festive Camembert made in the Loire Valley. Bake, drizzle with the sweet spiced plum and ginger glaze, and ready the bread for dipping.

Available 4 December

Reuben Rarebit

Reuben Rarebit

This ready-to-bake blend of Emmental cheese, pastrami and pickled gherkins with ale, Worcester sauce and mustard is inspired by the bold flavours of The Reuben sandwich.

Available 6 November

White Stilton with Port soaked figs

White Stilton® with Luxardo® Limoncello

Bring a taste of Italian sunshine to your cheeseboard with this creamy White Stilton® cut with tangy candied lemon peel and lemon liqueur. 

Available 6 November

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Seasonal sandwiches

Seasonal sandwiches

Christmas sandwiches are the best thing since sliced bread. Say hello to your new festive favourites! 

Merry Club'mas Sandwich

Merry Club'mas Sandwich

The ultimate festive club sandwich with shredded chicken, bacon, gravy mayonnaise, cheese and onions – all on malted bread.

Available 6 November

No.1 Christmas Spiced Wiltshire Ham & French Brie Sandwich

No.1 Festive Wiltshire Ham & French Brie Sandwich

This Christmas spiced sandwich is a feast of festive flavours. Honey-roasted, blood orange spiced ham is paired with creamy Brie and cranberry sauce on oat and barley bread.

Available 7 November

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