Festive main course recipes

Serve a partridge as an individual portion for one in this seasonal stew with smoked bacon, Bramley apples, thyme and sage

This vegetarian main course is packed with festive flavours and wrapped in flaky butter pastry - a real Christmas treat

Wrapping this alternative Christmas roast or Sunday dinner in ham adds flavour and protects the meat, resulting in a really tender cut of beef

Take puff pastry and top with banana shallots and ready-cooked chestnuts for these stylish vegetarian tarts – a great dinner party starter

Red cabbage dotted with berries perfectly cuts through game meat - serve with buttery mashed potatoes

Venison works well in a steamed suet pastry pudding, filled with rich red wine gravy and added belly pork

Keep this in the freezer ready for dinner parties and serve it with rice and salad or crunchy potatoes and vegetables

Prepare ahead and pop in the oven when your guests arrive. Perfect if you don't want to be tied to the kitchen

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

Having one of these vegetarian pastry rolls in the freezer is ideal for entertaining at the last minute, or as a vegetarian Christmas main

Use up leftover Christmas cranberry sauce in this quick pork braise, lovely with a dollop of mash

Serve up a spectacular centrepiece of roast beef with a rich stuffing, and a clever twist on Yorkshire puddings

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

This warming ginger beer-spiced ham is great for Christmas entertaining as it's simple to prepare ahead of time

This Middle Eastern-style meal makes a decadent supper for two- serve your young chickens with a spicy and aromatic rice accompaniment

Christmas dinner for two? Forget having to carve a whole duck and enjoy this meltingly soft, crispy skinned leg and breast meat version instead

Serve up a game version of the classic dinner party puff pastry parcel with mushroom duxelles, prosciutto and mustard

We talk you through the technique of preparing poultry to create an impressive, easy-to-carve roast - ours is a boned and stuffed pheasant

Good Food reader Barbara Keen shares her vegetarian loaf recipe with seasonal chestnut and cranberry

Make this extra special pork pie recipe a couple of days ahead, ready to slice into at your festive buffet party

A stunning centrepiece for any dinner party – how about trying it as an alternative to turkey at Christmas?

This simple pie for one makes a great veggie option for Christmas Day - make as many as you need and freeze ahead

These puff pastry parcels are packed with rare cooked game, Savoy cabbage and pancetta. Serve with a blackberry gravy

Serve salmon with paprika, ginger and honey mustard glaze for an Indian-inspired, original roast