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Jamie's Christmas Day Shopping List

November 12, 2024 • In Christmas

If you’re following Jamie’s Christmas Day Masterplan down to the letter, this is everything you’ll need. We’ve made a list (and checked it twice) so you don’t have to – here’s to your easiest Christmas ever!

The Menu

The recipes below serve 8-10 people, with plenty of turkey for leftovers.

Jamie and his family around the Christmas dinner table

The shopping list: What you'll need

Fruit, vegetables & fresh herbs

  • 4 clementines
  • 4 eating apples
  • 300g fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 2.5kg medium Maris Piper potatoes
  • 1kg small mixed-colour carrots, heirloom if you can get them
  • 1kg Brussels sprouts
  • 4 onions
  • 2 leeks
  • 2 carrots ‰
  • 2 sticks of celery ‰
  • 1 fresh red chilli ‰
  • 2 bulbs of garlic ‰
  • 2½ bunches of fresh sage (75g) ‰
  • 1 bunch of fresh thyme (20g) ‰
  • 14 fresh bay leaves ‰
  • 1 bunch of fresh rosemary (30g) + 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary*

Meat

  • 1 x 7kg higher-welfare turkey (Jamie uses a Paul Kelly bird)
  • Optional: higher-welfare turkey giblets
  • 1kg minced higher-welfare pork shoulder
  • 16 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon + 1 rasher of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon (per pig in blanket)**
  • 1 higher-welfare cocktail sausage (per pig in blanket)**
  • 150g raw higher-welfare chorizo*

Store cupboard

  • 400g stale bread
  • 1 whole nutmeg, for grating
  • 2 tablespoons runny honey
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 x 400g tin of peaches, in juice
  • 200g vac-packed chestnuts + 100g vac-packed chestnuts*
  • 2 heaped tablespoons plain flour
  • 50ml quality spiced rum
  • 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar*

Butter, oil & dripping

  • 400g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • Olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons goose fat (or unsalted butter)
  • Optional: 1 tablespoon dripping

Household essentials

  • Strong tin foil
  • Freezer-proof bags or containers (for all those lovely leftovers)

*SQUASHED BRUSSELS

You’ll need these ingredients for Jamie’s Squashed Brussels recipe, which is roasted with chorizo & chestnuts. If you’d prefer to go with Mustard Brussels tops, Brussels in a hustle or Braised Brussels instead, refer to page 134 (Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook) and simply swap in your preferred ingredients.

**Pigs in blankets

Fancy mixing up your pigs in blankets this year? Check out page 164 of Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook for a whole host of delicious flavour combos to try

More handy Christmas guides

Jamie Oliver standing with friends and family while holding a tray with a bombe cake that has sparklers and two oranges.