Delicious Christmas recipes to download
Download a selection of delicious festive recipes from the Country Life Archive to your iPad for free, from chefs including Simon Hopkinson, Nigel Slater and Mark Hix.


It's that time of year again - the season for eating is almost upon us. We dig out a
selection of delicious recipes from the Country Life Archive to help you prepare the ultimate festive feast.
Simon Hopkinson's oysters Rockefeller and salt-cod aïoli
April Bloomfield's Brussels sprouts with pancetta and juniper berries Richard Corrigan's Crozier Blue soaked in Banyuls
Simon Hopkinson's squab pigeon with braised peas and roast quail with liver-and-mushroom croûtes
Tommi's more-fruit-than-cake cake
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Mark Hix's Christmas spice biscuits and coconut cranberry snowballs
Fergus Henderson and Justin Piers Gellatly's brown-bread and Armagnac ice cream
Nigel Slater's delightful trifle
Mark Hix's boozy truffles, spicy candied peel and chocolate-covered nuts
Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.
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