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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJack has created a range of spectacular menus that are completely Christmassy but surprisingly easy to make. Even if you are celebrating in smaller groups this year, we think you still deserve to have gorgeous food that has a real sense of occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We nabbed Jack in the kitchen earlier where he was busy with his elves cooking up a feast. If you fancy getting into the Christmas mood, grab yourself a glass of mulled wine, crank up the carols, and have a read of our chat with Jack below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Us:<\/strong> Hi Jack, happy Christmas! Do you mind if we ask you a few questions while you make those canap\u00e9s? What\u2019s your all-time favourite Christmas food?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack<\/strong>: Whoa, way too difficult to choose! There are so many delicious things around at Christmas. Big roasts, unctuous sauces, sticky toffee puddings, pastry and cheese, and some great red wine of course. Anything indulgent and over-the-top, really. If you can\u2019t get stuck into some proper grub at Christmas, then when can you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Us: <\/strong>So will you be cooking a massive turkey this year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack:<\/strong> Afraid not, I\u2019m not a turkey fan. I know some people love it but for me it\u2019s too bland, impossible to cook properly and has to be disguised with other tasty stuff as it\u2019s lacking so much itself. On Christmas day, I go for showcase meals, things like a glorious pastry Wellington<\/a>, Rack of Lamb or even something a bit more gamey like Venison. Basically, food that you\u2019d never normally eat throughout the year but somehow Christmas brings the excuse and the occasion. And we all have a good excuse to dodge the turkey this year as we are cooking for smaller numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Us: <\/strong>So do you find you spend all day in the kitchen on Christmas day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack:<\/strong> Family time is incredibly important for me and cooking together is all part of that. It\u2019s a time to lay off the smartphone or the laptop and just take the time to spend with loved ones. Christmas always revolves around food so I\u2019ll get up and cook with my Mum, we\u2019ll then walk off our lunch only so we can eat again a few hours later! It seems to go on for a good few days, but that\u2019s what I love the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Us:<\/strong> So what do you eat on Boxing Day? Leftovers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack:<\/strong> Our Boxing Day tradition in the past has been for a bone-in rib of beef. It goes into the oven at 10pm on Christmas night at just 55\u00b0C and we say hello to the most tender, beautiful meat at 2pm the following afternoon. Although this year I think a five-rib piece of meat may be a bit excessive for six people\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Us: <\/strong>Yum. That sounds incredible. What about the vegetarians?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack:<\/strong> Don\u2019t worry, they\u2019re getting a melt-in-the-mouth Goat\u2019s Cheese and Portobello Mushroom Tart<\/a>. Even the meat-eaters will want a slice of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Us:<\/strong> The canap\u00e9s<\/a> you have created for The Cookaway look amazing, are they very fiddly to make? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack:<\/strong> They look impressive but they\u2019re pretty simple really, because let\u2019s face it, at Christmas we all want to spend some time chilling in front of the telly too, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack has created a range of Christmas Cookaway menus that are festive, show-stopping, a little nostalgic, and of course, completely delicious. From his indulgent chicken wellington recipe<\/a>, his veggie-friendly portobello mushroom wellington<\/a> and his mouth-watering selection of canape\u2019s<\/a> – they always go down a treat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For more festive food, check out The Christmas Cookaway menus<\/a>, or browse through Jack\u2019s recipe boxes<\/a> for more classic British dishes curated by the MasterChef finalist himself. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We nabbed Jack in the kitchen earlier where he was busy with his elves cooking up a feast. If you fancy getting into the Christmas mood, grab yourself a glass of mulled wine and have a read of our chat with Jack…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":""},"categories":[2,5,6,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/magento.local\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1.-Chicken-Wellington-1.jpg\")
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