18 vegetarian Christmas centrepieces (2024)

Jamie Oliver’s Veggie Crown

If it’s a show-stopping centrepiece you’re after, you can’t go wrong with Jamie Oliver’s stunning veggie crown. Packed with roasted vegetables, cheddar, and grains, it makes for a flavourful alternative to the traditional roast turkey.

Max La Manna’s Roast Dinner Tart

This vegan recipe incorporates all the best bits of Christmas dinner – stuffing, roast potatoes, perfectly cooked veg, and cranberry sauce – all served on a base of golden puff pastry.

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You Can Cook This!

Ainsley Harriott’s Honey and Thyme Caramelised Pear, Pecan and Cheese Tart

With creamy goat’s cheese, roast pear, aromatic thyme, and sweet pecan nuts, this tart is an irresistible medley of winter flavours.

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Ainsley’s Good Mood Food

Leek, Chestnut and Cider Crumble

Rustic, warming, and deeply comforting, this savoury leek crumble is studded with chopped chestnuts and flavoured with cheese, garlic, and dry cider.

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From the Veg Patch

Jamie Oliver’s Mushroom Toad-in-the-Hole

This vegetarian toad-in-the-hole makes the most of meaty Portobello mushrooms. It’s topped with crispy fried garlic and rosemary, and served with a rich onion and porter gravy.

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Jamie Oliver: 7 Ways

Melissa Hemsley’s Cavolo Nero and Celeriac Cheddar Crumble

This rich bake combines hearty celeriac with a creamy filling and a nutty crumble topping. For more of a Christmassy vibe, feel free to replace the cavolo nero with Brussels sprouts, and add layers of fennel for additional sweetness.

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Eat Green

Vegetarian Nut Wellington

by Elly Pear

With roasted nuts, dates and sweet leeks encased in flaky pastry, this is Elly Pear’s clever reworking of aclassic festive centrepiece. “I make this Nut Wellington every Christmas. On many occasions I’ve been a (lone veggie) guest in other people’s homes and each time the other guests around the table wanted to try a slice”, she writes. If you’re the lone veggie at the dinner table, this one’s for you.

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Elly Pear’s Green

Cauliflower Shawarma with Pomegranate, Pine Nuts and Rose

by Josh Katz

A head-turner of a vegetarian centrepiece dish, this whole cauliflower marinated in a spiced shawarma butter and drizzled with a tahini sauce is almost as easy on the eyes as it is on the taste buds.

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Melissa Hemsley’s Hasselback Squash with Roasted Grapes and a Sprout and Blue Cheese Slaw

This riff on Swedish hasselback potatoes champions winter squash, pairing it with grapes, orange and rosemary for a gorgeous centrepiece. Melissa serves this with a refreshing Brussels sprout and blue cheese slaw.

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Eat Green

Mary Berry’s Onion, Artichoke and Sage Open Tart

“With buttery puff pastry and a deliciously herby filling, this tart is simple to make and so good to eat”, says Mary. Try to get a mixture of mushrooms here,such as chestnut, shiitake, button or even wild mushrooms if you can find them.

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Simple Comforts

Celeriac Hasselback ‘Ham’ (Rotselleri ‘Hasselback Style’)

Go for a hasselback celeriac that resembles a traditional Christmas ham, and you might find even the biggest veggie-sceptics at the table are impressed.

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The Little Swedish Kitchen

Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Galette

A comforting vegetarian tart bursting with butternut squash and caramelized onion, this vegetarian dish is a real winter warmer, and pairs nicely with other classic Christmas dishes.

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The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

Jamie Oliver’s Sticky Onion Tart with Sweet Garlic, Fresh Thyme, Bay and Buttery Puff Pastry

With sticky, caramelised onions, sweet garlic, bay, fresh thyme and buttery puff pastry, this is Jamie’s savoury twist on atarte tatin. Top with goat’s cheese for some festive indulgence.

From the book

A family favourite from the queen of home cooking, Mary Berry’s vegetarian twist on a classic lasagne will have the whole table asking for seconds. Use a rennet-free Cheddar substitute to ensure the recipe is fully vegetarian.

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Mary Berry at Home

Festive Roast

by Mary McCartney

This fail-safe recipe from Mary McCartney will go down as aChristmas classic in any vegetarian household. Serve with roasted vegetables, the traditional vegetarian trimmings and a good drizzle of vegetarian gravy and you’ve got yourself a festive feast.

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At My Table

Chestnut and Truffle Risotto

by Angela Hartnett

This hearty, warming chestnut and truffle risotto will add a taste of luxury and indulgence to your Christmas spread. Angela Hartnett’s expert knowledge of Italian cuisine makes thisa reliable and authentic recipe that you’ll want to make again and again. To ensure this recipe is fully veggie, make sure you’re using a vegetarian Italian-style hard cheese instead of Parmesan.

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Angela’s Kitchen

Winter Warmer Hotpot

by Mary McCartney

Another seasonal favourite from Mary McCartney, who knows the ins and outs of delicious vegetarian home-cooked meals. Packed with flavour as well as nutritious veggies, this is easy slow-cooker recipe takes the stress out of Christmas cooking.

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Food

Baked Squash Stuffed with Nutty Cranberry-spiked Rice

This show-stopping recipe makes a brilliant centrepiece dish for your Christmas table. Stuffed with a nuttycranberry rice, this baked butternut squash is filled with the best flavours winter has to offer.

From the book

Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook

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