Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.
- Christmas
We have plenty of show-stopping holiday main dishes including rib roast, ham, pernil, roast duck as well as vegetarian options. Discover more ideas for the holiday in our Christmas recipes super collection.
Lasagna Regina Schrambling 4 hours
Easy
Prime Rib Roast Sam Sifton 1 hour 15 minutes, after 3 hours' room temperature sitting
Pepperpot Millie Peartree About 4 1/2 hours
Jansson’s Temptation (Creamy Potato Casserole) Eric Kim, Jens Linder, Johanna Westman 50 minutes
Christmas Glazed Ham Yotam Ottolenghi About 3 hours, plus resting time
Vegan Jackfruit Pernil Christina Morales, Lyana Blount 7 3/4 hours
Easy
Cola-Braised Beef With Chile-Lime Onions Ali Slagle 4 1/2 hours
Easy
Whole Roasted Squash With Tomato-Ginger Chickpeas Ali Slagle About 3 hours
Seared Bone-In Rib-Eye Steaks Genevieve Ko 3 hours 10 minutes
Easy
Paprika-Roasted Chickens and Potatoes Ali Slagle About 4 hours, plus overnight brine
Pernil Von Diaz, Maricel Presilla 3 to 4 hours, plus marinating
Ombré Gratin Alexa Weibel 3 hours
Prime Rib Lidey Heuck About 7 hours, plus overnight dry brining
Khoresh Morgh Nardooni (Pomegranate Chicken Stew) Naz Deravian 1 1/2 hours
Tamales Rick A. Martínez 5 hours 45 minutes
Root Beer Ham Eric Kim 3 1/2 hours
Roasted Halibut With Mussel Butter Sauce Kay Chun 35 minutes
Five-Spice Butternut Squash in Cheesy Custard Yotam Ottolenghi About 1 1/2 hours
Roast Chicken With Maple Butter and Rosemary Colu Henry 1 hour
Vegetarian Lasagna Bolognese Alexa Weibel 1 hour
Crisp Roast Duck Melissa Clark 2 1/2 hours, plus at least 4 hours’ resting
Vegetarian Mushroom Wellington Alexa Weibel 3 hours
Mrouzia Lamb Shanks Nargisse Benkabbou 3 hours
Portobello ‘Steak’ au Poivre Ali Slagle 25 minutes
Easy
Maple-Baked Salmon Genevieve Ko 25 minutes
Beef Wellington Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours, plus chilling
Seafood Gumbo Kayla Stewart, JJ Johnson 1 hour 35 minutes
Easy
Glazed Ham Sam Sifton 1 hour
Butter Chicken Sam Sifton, Amandeep Sharma 1 hour 15 minutes
Wine-Braised Chicken With Mushrooms and Leeks Melissa Clark 1 hour
Garlicky Beef Tenderloin With Orange Horseradish Sauce Melissa Clark 40 minutes
Spinach-Artichoke Lasagna Eric Kim 2 hours
Braised Lamb With Squash and Brandied Fruit Yewande Komolafe About 2 1/2 hours
Samosa Pie Rachel Wharton, Nadiya Hussain 2 1/2 hours, plus cooling
Feast of the Seven Fishes Pie Melissa Clark 50 minutes, plus at least 1 hour chilling
Simple Roast Turkey Melissa Clark 3 1/2 hours, plus brining
Crown Roast of Pork Sam Sifton About 4 hours
Peking Duck With Honey and Five-Spice Glaze Kay Chun 2 hours, plus drying
Mushroom Bourguignon Melissa Clark 1 hour
Venison and Trotter Pie Tejal Rao, Angie Mar 1 hour, plus 8 hours' braising and baking
Instant Pot Pork Stew With Red Wine and Olives Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours
One-Pot Vegetable Biryani Zainab Shah 1 hour
Kimchi Jjigae With Ribs Eric Kim, Jean Kim 45 minutes
Vegan Lasagna Gena Hamshaw 1 1/4 hours
Slow-Roasted Turkey With Apple Gravy Genevieve Ko, Padma Lakshmi About 6 hours, plus 2 days’ brining
Tourtière Sam Sifton 6 hours (can be made serially)
Dutch Oven Chicken and Vinaigrette Dorie Greenspan About 2 hours
Pan-Roasted Duck With Wild Mushrooms David Tanis 1 1/2 hours
Crown Roast of Pork with Fennel and Lemon Melissa Clark 20 minutes, plus at least 4 1/2 hours’ marinating and roasting
Garlic Chicken With Guasacaca Sauce Yewande Komolafe 45 minutes
Lamb Shanks With Apricots and Chickpeas David Tanis About 3 1/2 hours
Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Pistachio Pesto Susan Spungen 1 hour
Roast Duck Dorothy Allison 2 hours 30 minutes
Easy
Classic Prime Rib for a Small Crowd Mark Bittman 1 hour 30 minutes
Upperline’s Duck and Andouille Gumbo Brett Anderson, Upperline About 2 1/2 hours
Easy
Skillet Pork Chops and Apples With Miso Caramel Ali Slagle 30 minutes
Ina Garten’s Make-Ahead Coquilles St.-Jacques Sam Sifton, Ina Garten 1 hour
Mushroom Potpie Alexa Weibel 1 1/2 hours
Mussakhan (Roast Chicken With Sumac and Red Onions) Mayukh Sen, Yasmin Khan 1 hour, plus 1 to 3 hours’ marinating
Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie Samantha Seneviratne 1 3/4 hours
Butternut Squash and Fondue Pie With Pickled Red Chiles Yotam Ottolenghi 1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
Caramelized Onion Galette Sue Li 1 1/2 hours, plus chilling and cooling
French Onion Macaroni and Cheese Ali Slagle 1 hour
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