Home-made preserves and flavoured oils or booze make novel gifts for loved ones. You can buy an elegant bottle and fill it with a fruity alcohol or olive oil infused with chillies or herbs. Decorate rustic jam jars with ribbons or pretty hand-written labels and fill them with jams, curds, chutneys or even piccalilli – all great additions to a Boxing Day buffet. For more Christmas recipes, visit our Christmas A-Z
Add a touch of the Mediterranean to your breakfast table with Gioconda Scott's recipe for home-made fig jam
Discover the joys of home-preserving with Lotte Duncan's recipe for a simple, aromatic apple jelly
Sophie Grigson's lip-smacking lime curd is the tops on toast and makes a fabulous filling for all manner of things
James Martin's recipe for limoncello - an intensely lemony Italian liqueur. Serve ice-cold as an after-dinner digestif
Make the most of autumn fruit with Ed Baines's spiced fruit chutney, delicious served with cheese and cold meats
Add a piquant zip to cold meats and cheese with Mike Robinson's recipe for a very traditional British relish
The tartness of the chutney can cut through the rich and contrasting flavours in James Martin's easy recipe
Enjoy a tipple with a difference with Lotte Duncan's simple recipe for home-made plum vodka
Try this piquant jam with a kick from Tamasin Day-Lewis. A real favourite with cheeses or as a delicious dip served with crackers
Fragrant vanilla pods add their unique flavour to vodka in Jo Pratt's simple recipe for an aromatic tipple
