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Host a friendsmas feast for under £40

’Tis the season to get your mates over and cook up a friendsmas feast. Our three-course menu to serve 6 is packed with exciting twists on festive favourites, plus it all comes to under £40*! We’ve done the hard work for you and prepared a handy shopping list to take in store – Merry Christmas!

  1. Canapé: Sambal cocktail sausages

    Start off your festive feast with a simple canapé to whet the appetite. These easy sambal cocktail sausages take just 15 minutes to make so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time being a great host. They’re coated in a sticky and spicy sambal paste that’s sure to get your tastebuds tingling. Put them in the middle of the table for your friends to pick at over a glass of bubbly.

    Canapé: Sambal cocktail sausages
  2. Main: Mulled wine braised beef

    It’s not Christmas without mulled wine. Showcase it in this spectacular braised beef that’s sure to hit the spot. The beef is slow-cooked in red wine, cinnamon and star anise until it’s tender and falls apart. Best served with buttery mashed potato and steamed cabbage.

    Main: Mulled wine braised beef
  3. Dessert: Spiced malva pudding

    Inspired by the South African classic, this gorgeous dessert is packed with festive favourites, like cinnamon and nutmeg. Start by making a simple vanilla sponge with apricot jam, then drizzle over the spiced syrup and leave it to soak so the pudding is infused with all those sweet and spicy flavours. Serve with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.

    Dessert: Spiced malva pudding
  4. Shopping list

    1 garlic bulb
    2cm piece fresh ginger
    1 onion
    65g pack mixed chillies
    5 carrots
    250g pack celery sticks
    250g pack chestnut mushrooms
    1.25kg Maris Piper potatoes
    1 Savoy cabbage
    1 orange
    20g pack fresh thyme
    250g unsalted butter
    568ml semi-skimmed milk
    6-pack medium free-range eggs
    1ltr carton oat milk drink
    240g pack pork cocktail sausages
    600g pack diced beef
    200g Stockwell & Co bicarbonate of soda
    150ml bottle reduced-salt soy sauce
    340ml jar Stockwell & Co honey
    454g jar apricot jam
    60ml bottle Madagascan vanilla extract
    1g jar Makrut lime leaves
    50g jar paprika
    12g jar cinnamon sticks
    11g jar star anise
    52g jar ground nutmeg
    200g tube tomato purée
    350ml bottle apple cider vinegar
    75cl bottle Vineyards fruity red wine
    900ml tub vanilla ice cream


    *Prices correct as of 4/11/24