Christmas pie recipes

Combine a few key Christmas flavours here to make a pie that both children and adults will adore

This raised pork, chicken and bacon pie, topped with festive fruit, makes for a magnificent centrepiece for a Christmas or Boxing Day buffet

The perfect showpiece to your Christmas Day meal - and it's suitable for veggies

Make this pleasing pie whenever you're serving a crowd. Topped with puff pastry, it's filled with chicken, ham and leeks in a silky smooth sauce

Use up leftover Christmas ham and sherry to make this comforting pie. It's a great dish on cold winter nights, especially when served with your favourite veg

No rolling required! Press the raw, crumbly pastry directly into your tin for a short, biscuity finish. Our easiest mince pie recipe and great fun to make with kids

This cheesy dish is a great buffet recipe for guests to just help themselves to

These miniature mince pies are sure to go down a treat with anyone with even a slightly sweet tooth

This budget-friendly French-Canadian speciality, known as tourtière, is traditionally served at Christmas, but with salad it makes a perfect spring supper

Gordon's delicious pork pie recipe is perfect for a buffet, picnic or grown-up lunch box

Looking for a showstopping veggie dish? Packed with parsnips, feta and butter beans, this pie makes the perfect Christmas centrepiece

From freezer to oven, these cheeky Eccles mince pies are perfect mid-afternoon with an equally cheeky glass of mulled wine. It is Christmas after all!

If you find the classic mince pies a bit dry and crumbly, try these moist mouthfuls, with an indulgent dollop of creamy custard

A spectacular veggie Christmas centrepiece - when sliced, it looks stunning, and the flavours go brilliantly with all your favourite trimmings

Perfect for a veggie Christmas Day centrepiece, this easy pie tastes great with all the traditional trimmings

This recipe for a stunning vegetarian Christmas alternative, can easily be reduced or increased to make as many as you need

For an alternative Sunday lunch, try cooking this hearty poached chicken and pancetta pie pie topped with a buttery spring onion colcannon mash

Good Food reader Helen Carmichael shares her homemade citrus pastry recipe - perfect for filling with your own mincemeat

These dinky pies are so versatile – try them with chopped ham and mustard, too

This makes a good main course for vegetarian friends and family

A hearty vegetarian main dish that will keep in the freezer for up to two months

Two festive giants collide in these shortcrust pastry bakes with marzipan, madeira cake and mincemeat

Gordon Ramsay's cranberry mince pies provide the all-important finishing touch to your celebration feast