Your Christmas cooking dilemmas solved

“I spend most days of the year refining our slow-cooked turkey range, and sourcing and eating the best-tasting turkeys. We pre-cook the turkeys using a sous vide technique, which creates the most succulent and tender texture, so all you need to do is pop them in the oven for just over an hour. For an alternative to turkey (as I spend most of the year eating it!), I go for beef – a bit of a classic roast rib of beef with Yorkshire puddings and beef dripping potatoes. Utterly delicious,” – Matt Dawson, M&S Lead Product Developer for Meat and Poultry

“Any leftover crumbs work beautifully in a quick no-churn ice cream or you could add it into a simple chocolatey tiffin for an extra-special Boxing Day treat. Our Collection Iced Christmas Cake is a centre-of-the-table showstopper, almost too beautiful to eat, with its delicately detailed poinsettia-inspired decoration. Slices are richly fruited, brandy soaked and perfectly matured, totally divine!” – M&S Food Product Developer for Cakes, Alice Birch

“There are so many ways to use up veg after Christmas. Try slicing Brussels sprouts into my perfect turkey sandwich recipe or shred carrots and cabbage into a colourful festive slaw, and serve up with these Christmas tacos – both great recipes for using up leftover roast turkey. If you’ve got some dark leafy greens, throw them into this soothing super-juicy turkey orzo soup. And you didn’t ask, but this panettone bread and butter pud is a total favourite in my house – great if you’ve got a few slices of panettone leftover, all layered up with cinnamony butter and boozy festive custard” – Tom Kerridge, M&S chef ambassador

“Christmas isn't Christmas without advocaat. We've just launched our first free-range egg advocaat and it's so delicious. I love it chilled served simply on its own or, even better, when it’s poured over a warm slice of Christmas pudding or mince pie. It’s almost like an alcoholic custard!” – Jenny Rea, M&S Lead Product Developer, Spirits and Cocktails