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    Home » Seasonal recipes

    Holiday recipes

    Many holidays have special foods to help the celebration be extra special, and you'll find so many around the world to explore and enjoy.

    Find Christmas recipes like German stollen Danish brunkager cookies. Or traditional carnival and Easter foods like Greek tsoureki bread, torta pascualina (Italian spinach & ricotta pie) and British pancakes.

    Explore foods for Nowruz like kuku sabzi (herb frittata) and Lunar New Year foods like pork and cabbage dumplings.

    Then alongside specific traditional dishes, you'll find dishes perfect for a range of celebrations, like stuffings and cocktails. So much to enjoy!

    • Lunar New Year recipes
    • Carnival/Mardi Gras recipes
    • Nowruz recipes
    • Easter recipes
    • Oktoberfest
    • Diwali recipes
    • Christmas recipes
    • plate of steak crostini, some with pate under steak and others with goat cheese under and tomato on top.
      Steak crostini (two ways!)
    • Quark stollen with prunes (German Christmas bread)
    • Christmas pudding ice cream in small dish with holly behind.
      Christmas pudding ice cream
    • close view of plate of lemon almond cookies, zedernbrot
      Lemon almond cookies (Zedernbrot)
    • slices of salmon gravlax on a plate.
      Salmon gravlax
    • dish of Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá, Portuguese salt cod, from overhead topped with olives and egg.
      Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá (Portuguese salt cod casserole)
    • chocolate hot cross bun on plate with chocolate chips around and part view of more in dish behind.
      Chocolate hot cross buns
    • plate of chiacchiere fried pastries from overhead.
      Chiacchiere (Italian carnival pastries)
    • side view of glass of pomegranate mimosa with wedges of pomegranate to side and part botle in background.
      Pomegranate mimosa
    • plate with mincemeat cookies with a bowl of mincemeat behind.
      Mincemeat cookies
    • slice of vegetable strata on plate with dish blurred behind.
      Vegetable strata
    • small plate of biscoff truffles with one cut sitting on top.
      Biscoff truffles
    • part loaf of pain d'epices, French spice bread, with slices to side and in front and one slice topped with butter.
      Pain d'epices (French spice bread)
    • dish of cranberry sauce with orange with a whole orange behind dish.
      Cranberry sauce with orange
    • three pieces of peppermint slice in stack.
      Peppermint slice
    • slice of pastiera napoletana on plate.
      Pastiera napoletana (Neapolitan Easter cake/tart)
    • lamb kleftiko on plate with potatoes, tomatoes and pepper around the lamb.
      Greek lamb kleftiko
    • hot cross bun bread and butter pudding in dish from overhead.
      Hot cross bun bread and butter pudding
    • plate of crawfish etouffee.
      Crawfish etouffee
    • plate of yee sang prosperity toss salad.
      Yee sang (prosperity toss salad)
    • slice of panettone tiramisu on plate with coffee and rest of dish behind
      Panettone tiramisu
    • rows of pepparkakor Swedish ginger thins with icing decorations.
      Pepparkakor (Swedish ginger thins)
    • plate with two golabki, Polish stuffed cabbage rolls, with mashed potato behind and parsley garnishes.
      Gołąbki (golabki) - Polish stuffed cabbage rolls
    • gingerbread scones on rack with spices between scones.
      Gingerbread scones
    • brie en croute on board with apple slices and crackers around.
      Brie en croûte
    • bowl of vichy carrots from overhead with carrots in corner.
      Vichy carrots (French glazed carrots)
    • slices of Swedish limpa bread and part loaf hehind.
      Swedish limpa bread
    • side view of plate of papdi chaat
      Papdi chaat (Indian street food snack)
    • two bowls of broccoli and stilton soup
      Broccoli and stilton soup
    • overhead view of bowl of gajar halwa carrot pudding with spoons to side
      Carrot halwa (gajar ka halwa)
    • Persian herb rice with fish, sabzi polo ba mahi
      Persian herb rice with fish - sabzi polo ba mahi
    • bowl of aloo chaat
      Aloo chaat (Indian potato snack)
    • pot of Creole jambalaya from overhead
      Creole jambalaya
    • plate of ravioli dolci (sweet ravioli) dusted with powdered sugar
      Ravioli dolci (sweet ravioli)
    • plate of pork and chive dumplings
      Pork and chive dumplings
    • plate with haggis sausage rolls with one at front bitten into
      Haggis sausage rolls
    • plate of san choy bow Chinese lettuce cups
      San choy bow - Chinese lettuce wraps
    • close up of lobster eggs Benedict
      Lobster eggs Benedict
    • side view of plate of strawberry meringue cookies
      Strawberry meringue cookies
    • plate of crab phyllo cups
      Crab phyllo cups

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