Grab the chilly bin and the Champagne flutes for a special, transportable celebration. If Christmas outdoors is your thing, you'll love our picnic menu. It's do-ahead, stylish and definitely special.
Christmas pate wtih cranberry and apple jelly
To accompany your first glass of bubbly, a cranberry and apple jelly-topped chicken liver pate. The pate can be made ahead of time, stored in jars and the jelly topping added later. Serve with crostini, unless you've got a barbecue too and can toast some bread or (even better) thin slices of brioche.
Side of salmon
To follow: a simple, delicate side of salmon lightly flavoured with dill. Don't forget the lemon wedges.
Potato salad with a classic mayonnaise
The homemade mayo in this classic potato salad is perfect with the salmon.
Festive raw beetroot salad
Pomegranate molasses, coriander and pinenuts bring a flavour boost to this beetroot salad that will go the distance.
Eccles cakes with buffalo blue cheese
To finish, bring a tin of spicy eccles cakes and slices of buffalo blue cheese to eat with them. And there's pots of easily made raspberry and strawberry cream.
Raspberry and strawberry cream
