Top 10

Festive sauces

 

Our top ten festive sauces list is spilling over with condiments to dip, dollop or drizzle over your Christmas mains... Whether it’s bread sauce with turkey, Cumberland sauce with gammon or classic mint with lamb, we’re getting saucy this Christmas. We’ve chucked in a few for the Boxing Day buffet table – try tomato, chilli or apple sauce with crusty bread, rich pâtés or your favourite cheese. Try our buttery hollandaise recipe to smother over a poached egg for a decadent Christmas morning breakfast. We’ve got a couple of bread sauces to choose from – a classic creamy one and a mildly spicy sauce made with wholemeal breadcrumbs from Tamasin Day-Lewis.

 
Apple Sauce

For a simple slightly-sweet sure-fire success, try Paul Hollywood's easy apple sauce with cheese and country bread. It's great with roast pork too!

 
Bread Sauce

From Tamasin Day Lewis, a creamy, mildly spiced bread sauce - the classic accompaniment to roast chicken

 
Traditional Bread Sauce

For a delicious bread sauce, try Brian Tunrner's luxurious version, flavoured with fresh herbs and spices

 
Fresh Cranberry and Orange Sauce

Matthew Fort prefers this American version of cranberry sauce that is lighter and fresher than the traditional British variety

 
Cranberry Salsa

Add colour and relish to your festival table with Lesley Waters's simple, citrus-flavoured fresh cranberry sauce

 
Cranberry Sauce

Ed Baines's home-made cranberry sauce sets off Christmas or Thanksgiving roast turkey to perfection - try it and see!

 
Cumberland Sauce

Stir up an irresistible accompaniment to gammon with this fabulous recipe for Cumberland Sauce from Richard, Earl of Bradford

 
Basic Tomato Sauce

David Massey goes back to basics with a cornerstone of the Italian, or any, kitchen

 
Hollandaise Sauce

Lotte Duncan's hollandaise sauce adds a little bit of luxury to brunch eggs

 
Mint sauce

This classic mint sauce makes a great partner to succulent roast lamb

 
 
 
 
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