Ottolenghi christmas

We've rounded up ten of our favourite vegetarian Ottolenghi recipes, from a creamy mushroom lasagne to baked rice with mint and pomegranate.

Veggie sides, but not as you know them: a spicy-sweet, Mexican-style roast pumpkin with salsa and chipotle oil, an almost-Indonesian marinated beetroot with salty peanut dressing, and charred brussels sprouts in a lime and basil dressing

If there were a single dish – the dish – that has come to symbolise Berber & Q, a ‘signature’ so to speak, it would be our cauliflower shawarma.

The secret to cooking for a festive get-together? Organisation, so you can join in with all the fun, too

Whet the appetite with stilton hush puppies, anchovy crostinis and a ‘pre-dessert’ of chocolate salami

A set of festive snacks: caraway, spelt and parmesan grissini with aleppo chilli, to dip in a three-cheese mix with spiced date syrup and pine nuts, and a posh, sake-cured salmon with sesame sprinkles and pickles

This is a real fridge raid of whatever root vegetables you have to hand. Don’t skimp on the potatoes, though: they’re what make it super-comforting. Use whichever sweet spice mix you have in the house

Everything you want from roast sweet potatoes but, thanks to the pickled chillies and pecans, without any of that overly cloying sweetness they’re sometimes prone to. You can get everything ready a good few hours before eating and just assemble before serving

A selection of some of our favourite Ottolenghi side dishes to help you liven up your Christmas feast this year.

All the different elements of this dish can be prepared a day in advance, ready to put together at room temperature before serving