SAVOURY SHOWSTOPPERS
When it comes to your Christmas centrepiece, make it one of these
Finest 30-day Matured Tomahawk Steak with Wild Garlic & Sea Salt Butter, 1.15kg, £20/kg, Tesco
A nice Christmas alternative for those who like beef, this impressive cut is matured for 30 days. It comes with a wild garlic and sea salt butter which melts over the meat and leaves little need for additional condiments. Jess said, ‘This looks fantastic and cooked perfectly according to the instructions. It has a nice texture and the meat was tender and flavoursome.’
Slow Cooked Ultimate Crackling Pork Belly Feast, 1.77g, £30, Waitrose & Partners
Carefully cooked for 10 hours on the bone and then prepared and packaged for you to finish at home, food director Jen Bedloe loved this alternative main. She said, ‘This is a great joint for the festive season because it’s easy to carve and full of flavour. It has sweet, juicy meat and fab crackling.’ If you have leftovers, it would make an epic sandwich but we doubt it will make it that far.
Norfolk Bronze Extra Special Turkey, 5.5-7kg, £6.90/kg (average weight is 6.25kg at £43.13), Asda
Judges praised
