If you’re following Jamie’s Christmas Day Masterplan down to the letter, this is everything you’ll need. We’ve made a list (and checked it twice) so you don’t have to – here’s to your easiest Christmas ever!
The Menu
The recipes below serve 8-10 people, with plenty of turkey for leftovers.
The shopping list: What you'll need
Fruit, vegetables & fresh herbs
- 4 clementines
- 4 eating apples
- 300g fresh or frozen cranberries
- 2.5kg medium Maris Piper potatoes
- 1kg small mixed-colour carrots, heirloom if you can get them
- 1kg Brussels sprouts
- 4 onions
- 2 leeks
- 2 carrots
- 2 sticks of celery
- 1 fresh red chilli
- 2 bulbs of garlic
- 2½ bunches of fresh sage (75g)
- 1 bunch of fresh thyme (20g)
- 14 fresh bay leaves
- 1 bunch of fresh rosemary (30g) + 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary*
Meat
- 1 x 7kg higher-welfare turkey (Jamie uses a Paul Kelly bird)
- Optional: higher-welfare turkey giblets
- 1kg minced higher-welfare pork shoulder
- 16 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon + 1 rasher of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon (per pig in blanket)**
- 1 higher-welfare cocktail sausage (per pig in blanket)**
- 150g raw higher-welfare chorizo*
Store cupboard
- 400g stale bread
- 1 whole nutmeg, for grating
- 2 tablespoons runny honey
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 x 400g tin of peaches, in juice
- 200g vac-packed chestnuts + 100g vac-packed chestnuts*
- 2 heaped tablespoons plain flour
- 50ml quality spiced rum
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar*
Butter, oil & dripping
- 400g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- Olive oil
- 4 tablespoons goose fat (or unsalted butter)
- Optional: 1 tablespoon dripping
Household essentials
- Strong tin foil
- Freezer-proof bags or containers (for all those lovely leftovers)
*SQUASHED BRUSSELS
You’ll need these ingredients for Jamie’s Squashed Brussels recipe, which is roasted with chorizo & chestnuts. If you’d prefer to go with Mustard Brussels tops, Brussels in a hustle or Braised Brussels instead, refer to page 134 (Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook) and simply swap in your preferred ingredients.
**Pigs in blankets
Fancy mixing up your pigs in blankets this year? Check out page 164 of Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook for a whole host of delicious flavour combos to try
