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Last-minute Christmas recipes

From quick and easy snacks to whip up for friends and family, to last minute gift ideas, we've got plenty of speedy Christmas recipes to throw together.

Almond snowballs

by Mary Berry

Make these delicious almond biscuits with extract rather than essence – extract comes straight from the nuts, so a genuine flavour is guaranteed.

Cakes and baking

Whipped ricotta dip with roasted grapes, thyme and hot honey

by Helen Upshall

Starters & nibbles

2-hour Christmas dinner

by Justine Pattison

Radicchio, chestnut and blue cheese salad

by Nigella Lawson

Light meals & snacks

Fresh cranberry sauce

Brie, bacon and cranberry filo bites

by Philip Friend

Starters & nibbles

Whipped feta dip with pomegranate and za’atar

Starters & nibbles

Simple smoked salmon pâté

by Paul Hollywood

Starters & nibbles

Blinis with three toppings

Light meals & snacks

Easy cheese straws

by Michel Roux Jr.

Starters & nibbles

Last minute Christmas chutney

by The Hairy Bikers

Sticky cranberry sausages

by Nigel Slater

Christmas Stilton and sage canapés

Starters & nibbles

Sage and onion stuffing

by The BBC Food team

Pesto and cheese Christmas tree

by The BBC Food team

Starters & nibbles

Hasselback potatoes with bacon

Starters & nibbles

Puff pastry savoury tarts

by Philippa Davis

Puff pastry bites

Starters & nibbles

Easy sausage rolls

by Lorraine Pascale

Starters & nibbles

Pigs in blankets

by James Martin

Easy party flatbreads 

by The BBC Food team

Starters & nibbles

Easy sherry trifle

by Angela Hartnett

Easy fudge

by Sophie Whitbread

Christmas pudding fridge cake

by The BBC Food team

Cakes and baking

Christmas apple and mincemeat crumble

Christmas tiramisu

by Matt Tebbutt

Chocolate pistachio fudge

by Nigella Lawson

Easy trifle

by William Leigh

Salted caramel sauce

Christmas chocolate traybake

by Liberty Mendez

Cakes and baking

Puff pastry mince pies

Cakes and baking

Brandy cream with orange

Festive fruit salad with brandy snap

by Nigel Slater

Christmas pudding tiffin

by Liberty Mendez

Cakes and baking

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