Create a magical Christmas dinner with Prime Gourmet’s festive collections.
The festive season has officially begun, and it's time to start planning all the delicious recipes that you will serve for Christmas dinner.
At Prime Gourmet, we know that Christmas dinner is one of the most important meals of the year for many families in the UAE. So, we are proud to offer an extensive array of tender whole turkeys, premium quality lamb cuts and other festive sides and ready cooked meals, all available to be ordered in just a few clicks, and delivered straight to your front door.
Delicious Christmas recipe ideas for you and your family
If you are searching for some new ideas and inspiration for this year’s Christmas dinner, take a browse through some of our top festive recipe ideas below.
Roast turkey
If your family prefers to follow tradition and enjoy a classic roast turkey on Christmas day, our roasted turkey bundle offers all you need for a magical festive feast in one handy package.
Taking all the effort out of preparing an extraordinary Christmas spread, each bundle includes a perfectly seasoned, golden roasted New Zealand turkey (big enough to feed 8 people), along with 1 kg of our signature stuffing with French baguette cubes and halal Italian sausage, and a generous 1 litre serving of traditional homemade gravy.
Allowing you to spend more time opening presents and creating memories with loved ones, and less time in the kitchen, each turkey bundle order just needs to be placed two days in advance.
Roasted leg of lamb
Providing an elegant alternative to the classic Christmas turkey, roasted leg of lamb is the perfect centrepiece for your Christmas table.
Just customise your cut with your choice of marinade (mustard and herb, and rosemary and fresh garlic are just two of our favourite flavour combinations) and slow roast on a low heat until evenly cooked and delightfully crispy on the outside.
At Prime Gourmet, we also offer ready cooked boneless and bone-in lamb legs. Sourced from Silver Fern Farms, each leg is taken from grass-fed lambs that have been raised with meticulous care in the fresh air of New Zealand. Delivered to your door ready to serve, every bite is guaranteed to be filled with goodness and consistent delectable taste.
Slow cooked lamb shoulder
Another guaranteed crowd pleaser, lamb shoulder is the perfect meat for the festive season.
Healthy, packed with protein and offering a lovely, melt-in-the-mouth texture, this popular dish tastes best slow roasted. Cooking it on a low heat allows the delicate and unique flavours of the lamb to be drawn out and showcased at their best, and it ensures that the meat’s juiciness and velvety softness to be perfectly preserved.
Our bone-in and boneless lamb shoulders are ideal for slow cooking and serving up at Christmas. Sourced from 100% grass-fed lambs from Silver Fern Farms, every cut is free from antibiotics and hormones and of course 100% halal, too.
Try your lamb shoulder roasted with a simple and tasty mixture of onions, garlic and rosemary or, for an extra efficient alternative, you can purchase one of our ready cooked lamb shoulders, and serve it with a portion of our exceptionally popular golden brown roast potatoes.
Pistachio-crusted rack of lamb
Low in fat yet phenomenally tasty, lamb is ideal for those who are looking for a guilt-free Christmas meat.
Serving a pistachio-crusted lamb rack will also give your Christmas table that extra wow factor, and ensure that every one of your guests is thoroughly impressed.
Taking less than an hour to prepare, just coat one of our premium New Zealand-raised, grass fed lamb racks with a mixture of herbs, mustard and crushed pistachios, and wait for the compliments to come flooding in.
Lamb stew
Not all Christmas dishes have to be roasted. Heartwarming and immensely comforting, traditional lamb stew is a great alternative Christmas recipe that is sure to be a big hit with all ages.
Just grab some of our handy, ready diced lamb cubes, add some carrots, onion, potatoes and your choice of favourite veggies, and cook in a pot until the meat is tender and soft.
Grilled lamb chops
Quick and easy to prepare, lamb chops are the perfect for enjoying outside in the UAE’s ongoing winter sunshine.
Simply coat them in a tangy marinade of vinegar, salt, pepper, garlic and onion, and pop them on the grill or prepare them outside on the barbecue.
New Zealand and Australian beef roasts
If beef is your family’s meat of choice, Prime Gourmet also offers an array of beef cuts that make a fantastic addition to any Christmas celebration.
Spanning boneless Black Angus ribeye, smoked Black Angus Australian brisket and many more premium Australian beef cuts from Stockyard Beef, alongside roasted grass-fed boneless ribeye, slow cooked beef back ribs and more premium beef products from New Zealand’s Silver Fern Farms, we offer a wide variety of both ready cooked and non-cooked beef steaks and cuts.
Ready-cooked pies and more
Of course, cooking for the festive period involves far more than just the main Christmas dinner itself.
Ensuring you are well prepared for any last-minute gatherings, our premium quality frozen meals are just the thing for a casual Christmas Eve snack or Boxing Day lunch.
Featuring homemade, golden pastry-topped pies packed with tonnes of tender chicken or beef, traditional Italian beef lasagna, Italian meatballs, Moroccan lamb tagine and more, we will ensure that you become known as the best Christmas host, and that everyone in your family has a fantastic Christmas dinner to remember.
For more Christmas dinner recipe ideas, see our full festive menu collection here.