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20 vegan Christmas recipes for a plant-based festive spread

Here are our ultimate vegan Christmas ideas: vegetable-led starters and sides, impressive no-meat roasts and mains, and our most festive plant-based desserts.

19 recipes
Hummus.
EASY

Karen Martini's spiced hummus

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Sun-blushed Christmas crackers.
EASY

Dan Lepard's sun-blushed Christmas crackers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Marnie's fruit and poppy seed grissini

Fig, date and poppy seed grissini

  • < 30 mins
  • CAROLINE VELIK
Raw beetroot dip.
EASY

Jill Dupleix's raw beetroot dip

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Carrots vinaigrette.
EASY

Carrots vinaigrette recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Andrew McConnell's red pepper salad.

Red pepper salad

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
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Chickpea water makes possibly the lightest most spectacular aioli.
EASY

Raw vegan cauliflower tabbouleh with smoked paprika aquafaba aioli

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Dan Lepard's vegan pea, basil and eggplant tart.

Pea, basil and eggplant vegan tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Barbecued asparagus with nutty tarator.
EASY

Neil Perry's barbecued asparagus with tarator

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli.
EASY

Roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Christmas centrepiece: Whole-roasted spice-rubbed cauliflower sitting on romesco.

Slow-roasted spiced cauliflower with romesco

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's vegetable paella.

Neil Perry's vegetable paella

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
The cakey German biscuit is pronounced leyb-koo-ken.
EASY

Vegan banana ginger lebkuchen gingerbread recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Choc-dipped chocolate ripple meringues.
EASY

Vegan chocolate ripple aquafaba meringues

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Keep everyone happy with a wedge of cake.

Dan Lepard's vegan avocado Christmas cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard
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Summer pudding

Summer pudding (just swap the butter to grease with oil)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Rose and Pistachio Love Tarts.

Raw rose and pistachio love tarts

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emily Williamson
Decorate the Turkish delight rounds with nuts and dried fruit.
EASY

Dan Lepard's very berry Turkish delight

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Porteno's Christmas fruit salad (serve with champagne granita).

Christmas recipe: Fruit salad with champagne granita

  • Elvis Abrahanowicz and Ben Milgate
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