Christmas breakfast recipes

Recreate this café breakfast favourite at home. We’ve used gruyère, but any good melting cheese will work. It's perfect to use up a Christmas cheeseboard

Make brunch an event to remember to our next level recipe for kedgeree. It takes the delicious curried rice and smoked fish dish to new heights

This festive bread can be made ahead and frozen and makes a lovely treat for breakfast on Christmas morning

The ultimate Christmas breakfast treat, these American-style pancakes are lightly spiced with ginger and cinnamon, topped with maple syrup and dates

Let the kids help to assemble this breakfast station sharing board before tucking in. It’s a great way to start a special day, such as Christmas Day

Use up your leftover Christmas panettone by making this decadent French toast served with crème fraîche and maple syrup. It's a perfect festive breakfast

Kick-start your day with our delicious breakfast casserole made with eggs, veggie sausages, peppers, red onion and cheese – it's a great way to feed a crowd

These little cakes are filled with all the festive, fruity flavours of this classic German Christmas bake - ideal for Christmas morning or a teatime treat

Start your day with these Norwegian custard buns. They make a great breakfast pastry for lazy weekends, and are filled with custard, then coated in desiccated coconut

Get your poaching technique honed and serve up this brunch classic – it's easily-doubled to feed a family or crowd

The perfect treat to serve up for Boxing Day brunch, panettone is easy to make if you have a food processor fitted with a dough blade

These crispy hash browns can be made ahead and reheated from frozen - ideal for unexpected Christmas visitors

Make Christmas breakfast fun with fluffy reindeer pancakes. Two squeezy bottles, a jug and a dash of food colouring will make Rudolph come to life!

Bake a batch of these sweet German buns over Christmas and enjoy at breakfast or teatime... or both

Start Christmas Day with a delicious breakfast you can make ahead of time. Banana bread is a family favourite, and mincemeat takes it up a notch

Gather the family round on Christmas morning and dig in to our indulgent spread, made up of homemade cured salmon, a quick pickle, plus zesty dill and lemon cream cheese

Treat yourself to a lazy brunch with these American-style fluffy pancakes with pancetta and maple drizzle

These light cakes may just be the perfect pudding after an enormous Christmas dinner

Stewed fruit in spiced compote sauce makes a great topping for a warming oat-pot on a chilly morning

Versions of this cake – a fruity Brioche-like bread – are eaten all over Europe on Twelfth Night. Buried inside is a trinket, and whoever finds it, is king for the day

Rustle up this vegan bubble & squeak brunch with the veggie leftovers from your Christmas Day dinner. Perfect for a lazy start to Boxing Day

Make homemade brioche and enjoy with jam or butter for breakfast. It takes a little effort, but the results of this sweet, soft bread are well worth it