Christmas recipe blog

This festive season, Trevor’s Foodservice want to share Christmas recipes that you can create for your guests using our Country Range products! These recipes are straightforward to make, and they’re sure to impress with both their beautiful presentation and delicious flavour! Dive into your creative flair and make your guests something extra special this Christmas by checking out the recipes below. 

Sausage Roll Canapes

Cooking Time - 55 Minutes  

Portions -8 

Elevate your menu with these delicious homemade sausage rolls. Combining all the festive flavours, these will definitely be a favorite this season! 

Ingredients 

• 500g Country Range puff pastry 

• 75g Country Range stuffing 

• Roll out the puff pastry to 40cm x 20cm 

• Mix the sausage meat, cranberry, shredded turkey, stuffing, salt and pepper 

• Place lengthways into the middle of the puff pastry in a sausage shape and press the pigs in blankets into the centre of the mix 

• Lightly brush the inside edges of the pastry with your beaten egg 

• Fold over the pastry to form the classic sausage roll shape and crimp the edges tight 

• Carefully lift onto a parchment lined baking try 

• Brush over with the egg wash and bake in the oven for 20/25 minutes until it is golden 

• Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes.  After resting, serve and enjoy!

Recipe 

1. Preheat the oven to 180c fan/200c oven 

2. Make up the sage and onion stuffing as per pack instructions 

3. Roll out the puff pastry to 40cm x 20cm 

4. Mix the sausage meat, cranberry, shredded turkey, stuffing, salt and pepper 

5. Place lengthways into the middle of the puff pastry in a sausage shape and press the pigs in blankets into the centre

6. Lightly brush the inside edges of the pastry with your beaten egg 

7. Fold over the pastry to form the classic sausage roll shape and crimp the edges tight 

8. Carefully lift onto a parchment lined baking try 

9. Brush over with the egg wash and bake in the oven for 20/25 minutes until it is golden 

10. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes.  After resting, serve and enjoy! 

Chocolate Ice Cream Espresso Martini 

Cooking Time - 5 Minutes  

Portions - 2 

This chocolate Ice cream espresso martini is the perfect drink to offer on your menu this season. Tasty, cooling and rich, your guests will love it! 

Ingredients

• 4 small scoops Signature by Country Range Chocolate Dairy Ice Cream 

• 50ml Country Range Maple Syrup 

• 100ml vodka 

• 50ml Kahula coffee liqueur 

• 50ml espresso 

• 1 handful of ice 

Recipe

1. Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the vodka, coffee liquor, maple syrup and espresso. Place the lid on top and shake vigorously for 30 seconds 

2. Place 2 small scoops of chocolate ice cream into each martini glass and pour the contents from your cocktail shaker over the martini 

3. Garnish with a little grated chocolate or a drizzle of chocolate sauce 

Speculaas Cookie Cups 

These cookie cups are the perfect festive desserts for care homes, hotels and cafes. Create them today! 

Cooking Time -52 Minutes  

Portions -8 

Ingredients

• 8 Country Range Speculaas Spiced Cookie Pucks 

• 160g Biscoff spread 

• 50g Milk chocolate 

• 100ml double cream 

• 25g butter 

• 1 pinch of salt to garnish 

Recipe

1. Pre heat the oven to 170c fan/190c oven 

2. Place 8 Speculaas cookies on a tray to defrost

3. Brush some soft butter into 8 indentations of a muffin tray

4. Gently press each cookie into the greased muffin tray to form 8 pastry/cookie cups

5. Bake in the oven for 6/7 mins and then allow to cool for 2 mins 

6. They will have puffed up so whilst soft, press back into shape being careful not to break the sides 

7. Once cool, fill with a spoonful of Biscoff spread 

8. To make the chocolate ganache- heat the cream to a simmer then pour over the milk chocolate and leave it for 5 minutes. Do not stir 

9. Gently fold the cream and chocolate and mix until thick and glossy

10. Top each cookie cup with chocolate and sprinkle a little bit of salt over the top 

11. Allow to cool and serve  

If you’d like to make any of these desserts for your guests this Christmas, you can shop all the ingredients on our ordering system which can be accessed via the button below. Happy baking!