Christmas Buffet Ideas

Why not try our Christmas buffet ideas

Great Christmas buffet food to entertain all your guests and family with little stress giving you more time to be with guests.

Buffet Party Food 1
Pigs in blankets 

Ingredients

8 x frozen chipolata sausages, 8 x rashers of frozen streaky bacon

Method

Defrost your sausages and bacon (frozen buffet fpart food is best defrosted overnight in the fridge). Spread a piece of streaky bacon horizontally onto a board. Roll the chipolata over the bacon, browning the last to centimetres of the bacon with a beaten egg mix. Place the pigs in blankets onto a baking tray and into a preheated oven at 180ºC for 12-15 minutes. See – wasn't that easy! Tasty Christmas buffet food to last throughout Christmas.

Cheat: Most supermarkets offer a selection of frozen buffet menu and party buffet ideas on a platter. Keep an assortment of buffet party food in your freezer and take out when needed. 

 

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Christmas Buffet Idea 2
Devils on Horseback

Ingredients

8 x frozen chipolata sausages
8 x rashers of frozen streaky bacon

Method

Defrost your sausages and bacon (frozen buffet food is best defrosted overnight in the fridge). Spread a piece of streaky bacon horizontally onto a board. Roll the chipolata over the bacon, browning the last to centimetres of the bacon with a beaten egg mix. Place the pigs in blankets onto a baking tray and into a preheated oven at 180ºC for 12-15 minutes. And, hey presto! Great buffet party food for all your guests!

Cheat: Most supermarket chains offer a selection of frozen ready-made Christmas buffet ideas on a platter. Keep an assortment of buffet part food in your freezer and take out when needed.

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Christmas Buffet Idea 3
Sausage rolls

Ingredients

200g sausage meat, frozen
1 x roll of frozen puff pastry

Method

Defrost your pastry. Cut the puff pastry into 16 squares (2x2 cm). Place a large teaspoon of sausage meat into the centre of 8 of the pastry squares. Brush the pastry around the surrounding sausage meat carefully and place the further 8 pastry squares onto the filled squares, pinching the borders firmly together. Place the sausage rolls onto a baking tray into a pre-heated oven at 180ºC for 12-15 minutes. No party buffet is complete without sausage rolls – they're the  most popular of Christmas buffet food ideas. Now you know how to make them they're the easiest of Christmas buffet menus!

Cheat: Keep frozen ready-made sausage rolls in your freezer – ready to throw in the oven when unexpected guests show up over Christmas!

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Christmas Buffet Idea 4
Fish and Chips

Ingredients

2 x side fillets of frozen white fish
1 x bag of frozen chips

Coating

1 x bag of breadcrumbs
1 x egg

Method

Defrost your frozen fishCut the fish into thick finger length pieces. Dip the pieces of fishinto plain flour, dusting them lightly. Next dip the pieces into abeaten egg mix. Finally shake breadcrumbs over the pieces of fish.Place on a baking tray – ready to go into the oven.

Take the chips out of the freezer, place on abaking tray and cook in a preheated oven at 220ºC for 20-25 minutes.Most brands of buffet food can be cooked from frozen, please refer tothe packaging.

Grill the fish pieces in the oven at 180ºC for 15-20 minutes. Cook themat the same time as the chips; just remember to set a timer for whenthey need to go into the oven. Put in small cones of greaseproof paper,wrapped in newspaper for that traditional look, and serve with tartarsauce. So, be a little different this Christmas and entertain yourguests and family with an original and tasty Christmas buffet idea!

Tip: Buy ready-coated frozen fish fillets to save on preparation time.
Cheat: You can also save money by using fish fingers instead of whole fish pieces. The kids will love them!

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Christmas Buffet Idea 5
Roasted vegetables

Thanks to the likes of Jamies Oliver this is a party buffet menu that is ever more popular. So, to make some extra time in an already busy period and pick up a couple of bags of frozen carrots and parsnips from your local supermarket. These come in handy bags, and are already chopped into perfectly sized batons. And remember, what you don’t use you can just put back in the freezer for a later date! As they come already chopped and seasoned, preparation time is kept to a minimum.

Ingredients

2 x frozen carrots
2 x frozen parsnips
2 x frozen red onions
2 x frozen mixed peppers
3 cloves of garlic
Rosemary to sprinkle over

Method

Peel and cut the parsnips and carrots into batons. Cut the mixed peppers into long, finger length pieces, and the red onions into 6 segments each. Place all the ingredients into a baking tray including garlic, rosemary, olive oil, and salt and pepper. Roast in a pre-heated oven at 180ºC for 15-20 minutes. The vegetables are done when they are soft and brown. Can be eaten with a variety of dips: hummus, tzatziki sauce (cucumber, garlic and mint yoghurt). There – wasn't hard was it! Delicious frozen buffet ideas. You'll be able to do them blindfolded next year!

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