Christmas party food

Our ultimate collection of Christmas nibbles and party dishes is here to get the festive season started! From cocktails to canapés, explore all the best Christmas party food ideas for your celebration.

For more festive food ideas, visit Jamie's Christmas recipe hub

Christmas Cocktails Canapés

Christmas party puffs

40 mins

Smoked salmon blinis

15 mins

Cheesy Welsh cakes

40 mins

Mushroom swirls

30 mins

Butternut squash mac 'n' cheese bowls

1 hr 30 mins

Stuffed olives

26 mins

Oaty muffins with smoked salmon

25 mins

Party forks of different starters including prawns in a marie rose sauce, salmon, prosciutto on a silver platter

DIY party combos - prawns and Marie Rose sauce

10 mins

Salmon devilled eggs

30 mins

Potato, Parmesan & sage röstis on a wooden serving board, topped with beef bourguignon

Potato, Parmesan & sage röstis with beef bourguignon

25 mins

Samosa cigars

1 hr 30 mins

Crostini (small toasted bread)

5 mins

Bloody Mary seafood platter

25 mins

Vegan winter rolls

45 mins

Chilli sausage rolls

45 mins

Crostini of smoked salmon butter & poached leeks

45 mins

Beetroot dip

Nam Jim king prawns

45 mins

Smoked Trout Pate with Horseradish and Yorkshire Puddings

Baby Yorkshire puds (creamy smoked trout & horseradish pâté)

40 mins

Christmas sausage roll wreath

2 hrs 15 mins

Smoked salmon, horseradish and cress toasts

10 mins

Taramasalata

10 mins

Seafood smörgåsbord

30 mins

Beetroot, red apple and watercress salad

Beetroot, red apple & watercress salad

20 mins

DIY party combos - fig, mozzarella and Parma ham

10 mins

Feta, courgette, olive and mint party bites on a fork

DIY party combos - Greek style

10 mins

DIY party combos - smoked salmon with horseradish and beetroot

10 mins

Potato Skins with Gorgonzola, Rocket and Mustard Fruits

Baked potato skins with gorgonzola, rocket & mustard fruit

1 hr 30 mins

Smoked salmon oat blinis

Crostini – greens

10 mins

Squash, sage & chestnut rolls

1 hr 45 mins

Aubergine dip

1 hr 5 mins

Baked Camembert

1 hr 15 mins

Whitebait & dill mayo

15 mins

Potato rostis with beetroot horseradish

25 mins

Aubergine & mint bruschetta

10 mins

Bruschetta

5 mins

The best baked Camembert on a board with bread croutons and nutty cranberry crumbles

Beautiful baked Camembert

30 mins

Figs in honey

4 hrs 5 mins

Tuna & caper butter

5 mins

Smoked salmon toasts

10 mins

Smoked mackerel pate with griddled toast and cress salad

10 mins

Cooked oysters with burnt butter

20 mins

Party squid & harissa mayo

40 mins

Baked veggie samosas

2 hrs

Vegan mushroom rolls

1 hr 20 mins

Individual hazelnut and chocolate clafoutis

40 mins

Mum's sherry trifle

Easy cheese straws

30 mins

Fritto misto on a blue plate with 3 bowls of mayo

Simple fritto misto

30 mins

Veggie bhaji bites

30 mins

Chicken wings with Buffalo sauce

40 mins

Smoky chicken fajitas

30 mins

Creamy homemade guacamole with lime wedges and chilli

Classic guacamole

10 mins

Christmas party drinks

Christmas negroni

Santa's sassy spritz

10 mins

Prosecco, pear & blackberry punch

10 mins

Quick cranberry cocktail

5 mins

Christmas Cosmopolitan

15 mins

Bénédictine cocktail

Rossini

Christmas Alexander

Christmas punch

Manhattan

5 mins

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