Expert Shares How To Save 2.5 Hours On Christmas Day By Prepping Food This Weekend

People who are hosting family or friends on Christmas Day may be starting to feel the pressure of what next weekend will bring.

Expert Shares How To Save 2.5 Hours On Christmas Day By Prepping Food This Weekend

The kitchen experts advise prepping your stuffing by adding the singular balls into ice cube trays and popping them in your freezer. When it comes to the big day, simply reheat it in the oven for 15 minutes at fan 180°C.

Prepare Your Stuffing

On average, it would take approximately 40 minutes to prepare the stuffing on the day, so doing this now will save you a big chunk of time.

Prepare Your Stuffing

Just like the stuffing, pop the veggies in the freezer now, take them out on the day, and simply roast them in the oven for 15-18 minutes.

Honey Roast Your Vegetables

Making perfectly crunchy roasties can be a challenge, however, parboiling and freezing before Christmas can help to make them extra crunchy on the day.

Parboil And Freeze Your Roasties

The kitchen experts say to peel and chop your potatoes and parboil them for 5-10 minutes, draining them and returning them to the pan before shaking the pan to make them rough around the edges. According to recipes, this will save you approximately 25 minutes.

Parboil And Freeze Your Roasties

Once the potatoes are cool, freeze them until Christmas Day. There's no need to defrost these on the day, simply add them to a tray of hot olive oil and cook them in a fan oven at 200°C for 40-50 minutes until crispy.

Parboil And Freeze Your Roasties

Luckily, homemade Yorkshire puddings can be prepared in advance of Christmas and frozen.

Freeze Homemade Yorkshire Puddings

They can be reheated directly from frozen too, only taking between 6-8 minutes to cook on the day at 200°C. This will save you 17 minutes as it would take approximately 25 minutes to prepare and cook homemade Yorkshires!

Freeze Homemade Yorkshire Puddings

Christmas dinner wouldn't be the same without gravy. Thankfully, however, gravy can be frozen ahead of time.

Freeze Your Gravy Into Ziplock Bags

The team at Tap Warehouse suggests making gravy in advance, then portioning it into ziplock bags and freezing it. Then, on Christmas Eve you can place the gravy into the refrigerator to thaw it naturally before warming up fully.

Freeze Your Gravy Into Ziplock Bags

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