The Christmas food to order for all your festive feasts, from Marks and Spencer to Morrisons
In the words of Love Actually’s Billy Mack: “I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, Christmas is all around me, and so the feeling grows.” Before you know it, the big day will be here.
If like us, your Christmas is all about indulging in the best festive food and drink, planning your menu is sure to ramp up the anticipation, big time.
Judging by the festive food and drink offerings from supermarkets, they are clearly delivering for 2022, so you’ll certainly be the host with the most this party season, serving up a spread to die for.
In the lead-up to the big day, it’s here where you’ll find all the latest news and intel on all of the food and drink launches, as they come, as well as when you can get a supermarket delivery slot, the last date to order and details on Christmas opening hours.
From sharing platters and nibbles to M&S’s footlong pigs in blankets and Aldi’s turkey crown, there’s something for every dinner party, festive feast, or celebration. Plus, we’ve even spotted some drinks to make your affair that bit more bubbly.
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Everyone’s favourite budget-friendly supermarket has unveiled its Christmas food range for 2022, and as you’d expect, it’s a corker.
On the big day, you can serve up its flavoured smoked salmon canapes (£2.99, Aldi.co.uk) for snacks, while your main dish could consist of its ultimate turkey joint, which is wrapped in streaky bacon (£11.99, Aldi.co.uk), topped with a herb butter basting melt and cracked pepper, or perhaps a whole lobster (£9.99, Aldi.co.uk). Of course, you can’t go wrong with a turkey crown at Christmas, and Aldi’s offering for 2022 is wrapped in beechwood-smoked bacon, and comes with flavourful pork, sage and caramelised onion stuffing (£22.80, Aldi.co.uk). Sign us up.
For those who favour a plant-based diet, there’s a no-beef wellington (£4.99, Aldi.co.uk), no-turkey crown with cranberry and chestnut stuffing (£4.99, Aldi.co.uk), no-beef and red wine pie (£1.99, Aldi.co.uk) and plenty of nut roast options available.
The sweet treats also sound delightful, with everything from a traditional Christmas pudding (£7.99, Aldi.co.uk) to a smash dome cake (£14.99, Aldi.co.uk), which sounds like the ultimate showstopper. It’s a chocolate cake with a surprise on the inside, filled and covered in Belgian chocolate ganache and it’s finished with a Swiss chocolate dome.
The supermarket doesn’t offer a delivery service, but it does have a click and collect option available, which we’d recommend using ahead of the Christmas rush. And last year, consumer watchdog Which? has found that it is the most affordable supermarket to buy your festive feast from.
Known for its pocket-friendly prices, Asda’s Christmas food range is sure to get you ready for festive feasting.
For the main event, of course, there are plenty of turkeys (from £16.25, Asda.com) to choose from, including a British free range corn-fed turkey crown with pork, sage, and caramelised onion stuffing (£18, Asda.com) on offer, along with a vegan turkey crown (£5, Asda.com) for those that are plant-based. Should you not be a fan of turkey, Asda is also serving up a lamb shoulder with festive fruit stuffing (£31.20, Asda.com), and other delicacies. The sides are similarly mouthwatering, we’re talking pigs in blankets (£4.50, Asda.com), pork and apple hog roast stuffing (£6, Asda.com) and vegan meat-free Christmas trimmings (£4, Asda.com).
As for dessert, you can trust that your guests will be indulged. The supermarket has gone big on its sweet offering with showstoppers, such as a billionaire’s edible chocolate bowl (£8, Asda.com), which is filled with digestive biscuits, toffee mousse, sticky toffee sauce, and a chocolate ganache to luxury mince pies. If you prefer something savoury, its cheese selection will certainly appeal to you.
This isn’t just any Christmas food and drink range, this is the M&S food and drink range. Unfortunately, orders from the high-street stalwart’s food to order service for 2022 are now over, but all is not lost, because you can still order the Christmas range at Ocado.
If you’re hosting a Christmas dinner party, you’ll want to treat your guests to Rockefeller oysters (£13, Ocado.com), lobster mac-and-cheese crostinis (£25, Ocado.com) or a hot-cheese grazing platter (£30, Ocado.com).
For mains, you can choose everything from a stuffed turkey crown (from £45.10, Ocado.com) to dressed lobster halves (£35, Ocado.com). You can also get footlong (yes, footlong!) pigs in blankets (£7.50, Ocado.com). While vegetarians and vegans can choose between a vegan butternut, almond and pecan nut roast (£7, Ocado.com), as well as the stuffed vegan turkey roast (£10, Ocado.com).
