Seven Indulgent recipes for the ultimate Christmas brunch

Looking for the perfect Christmassy way to start your day in spectacular style? We’ve created the best recipes for breakfast and brunch over the festive season.

Christmas morning is the most exciting time of the year, so it’s only right you treat your first meal of the day with as much enthusiasm. From pancakes and french toast to cinnamon rolls, recipe box company Gousto has compiled a list of brunch ideas that’ll kick your holiday morning menu up three notches. 

Plus, Jordan Moore, Senior Recipe Developer at Gousto, has shared his top tips to help you avoid Christmas morning mayhem in the kitchen. 

Seven Christmas Brunch Recipes: 

These options are also perfect for a brunch-style buffet, so don’t be shy about whipping up more than one!

1. Festive French Toast 

We honestly can’t think of a better way to start Christmas morning than with a make-ahead French toast recipe. You’ll soak thick slices of bread in a mixture of beaten eggs, milk and cinnamon, toast in a frying pan until fluffy on the inside and gloriously browned on the outside and serve with butter.

Jordan’s top tip: Our ultimate toasting tip is to use up your slightly stale bread. This prevents the toast from going soggy and gives your finished dish the perfect consistency. 

Let your French toast soak a day before you plan on serving so that it absorbs all the delicious custardy goodness. Simply blend your liquid ingredients then allow the bread to soak up the mixture in the fridge overnight. Voila, your French toast is ready and waiting to be fried in the morning. 

Festive Candied Bacon With Cheesy French Toast recipe can be found here and is on the Gousto menu from Tuesday 15th December.

2. Fluffy American-style Pancakes 

Is it breakfast, or is it dessert? Either way, we know what we want first thing Christmas morning. American-style pancakes make waking up early on Christmas Day worth it, pile high with lashings of crispy bacon and maple syrup for a dish the whole family will love. 

Or if you’d prefer to really treat your sweet tooth you could always add a little (or a lot) of melted chocolate and banana. 

Jordan’s top tip: Try to make your batter ahead of time and leave it to settle in the fridge overnight. This will give better results when frying and give you perfectly flippable pancakes!

Fluffy American-style Pancake recipe can be found here. 

Need a gluten-free recipe instead? Gousto’s got you covered! 3 Tasty Free-From Pancake Recipes

3. Spiced Shakshuka With Feta & Crunchy Pitta 

Shakshuka is by far the easiest way to impress your family at brunch. It’s mildly spicy, full of flavour, and has perfectly runny eggs. You’ll crack eggs in tomato sauce with red pepper, onion and spices, and serve with toasted pitta and feta cheese.

Jordan’s top tip: For a soft runny yolk, bake your eggs for 12-15 minutes or more depending on how you like your eggs, remove from the oven and let set before serving to guests. 

Spiced Shakshuka With Feta & Crunchy Pitta can be found here.

4. Eggs Florentine with Hash browns 

A delicious combination of fluffy English muffins, silky spinach, poached eggs and creamy Hollandaise sauce, this brunch dish makes a great Christmas treat for a loved one. 

Switch the spinach for smoked salmon to create the equally indulgent Eggs Royale, or ham for a classic Eggs Benedict. 

Jordan’s top tip: To help you get perfect poached eggs, use a really deep stockpot, full to the brim with simmering water. 

Eggs Florentine with Hash browns recipe can be found here. 

5. Mini Pancake Cereal 

If there ever was a way to enjoy pancakes, this is it! Mini Pancake Cereal is the ultimate new trend to hit the internet (thank you Instagram). 

Every spoonful is filled with bites of crispy pancake, all slathered in butter and maple syrup to boot. Whatever topping you choose, whether it be maple syrup, berries, chocolate chips, banana slices or honey… you can’t go wrong! 

Jordan’s top tip: If you are serving with golden syrup, why not try warming it and the plates too? This will keep your pancake hotter for longer.  

Mini Pancake Cereal recipe can be found here. 

6. Gousto Mince Pie Cinnamon Rolls 

Start the day off right with a blast of seasonal flavours from these ooey, gooey cinnamon rolls slathered in browned butter and cream cheese frosting. 

Because waking up to warm cinnamon rolls is the best gift of all, right?

Jordan’s top tip: This recipe is perfect to make ahead of time, as the double rising of the dough makes it a long but relaxing bake.

Using room temperature ingredients will keep the dough at the perfect temperature for optimal yeast activity. Plus, room temperature butter will also mix easier and more evenly into the dough. 

Mince Pie Cinnamon Rolls recipe can be found here. 

7. Red Velvet Pancakes 

Gousto’s gorgeously red pancakes are perfectly festive for the holidays and they are completely irresistible. Stack these drool-worthy pancakes high before drizzling a sinfully good cream cheese glaze on top. 

Jordan’s top tip: If you are making pancakes ahead of time, have some greaseproof paper ready to separate the pancakes in your stack.  

Red Velvet Pancake recipe can be found here.