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20 showstopping vegetarian mains for Christmas

Galettes pleated like wreaths, flavour-packed tarts, beautiful bechamel-laden bakes, and whole veg dressed up with some festive dazzle, these colourful dishes are all worthy of being the centrepiece of your table.

20 recipes
Roasted pumpkin with black garlic, samphire and burrata

Roasted pumpkin with black garlic, samphire and burrata

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
This spiral tart is a showstopper.

Spiced herb, cheese and filo swirl tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Spring vegetable tart with asparagus, peas and zucchini.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's spring vegetable tart with olive oil pastry

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Potato gratin in a pie.

Potato Dauphinoise and caramelised onion pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
A showstopping vegetarian centrepiece.

Vegetarian Wellington with roasted spiced pumpkin, feta and grains

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Pumpkin, feta and shallot tart.
EASY

Roast pumpkin and shallot tart with harissa and cumin dressing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
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Tomato and olive tapenade tart.

Danielle Alvarez's tomato and olive tapenade tart

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Christmas centrepiece: Whole-roasted spice-rubbed cauliflower sitting on romesco.

Slow-roasted spiced cauliflower with romesco

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Baked spiced ricotta cake with a central layer of jammy tomatoes.

Baked spiced ricotta with slow-roasted tomatoes

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Tomato and spiced feta tart.

Keep-things-spicy tomato and feta slab tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Eat all the colours of the rainbow.

Katrina Meynink's rainbow vegetarian lasagne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
This rustic galette is a great way to repurpose leftover roast pumpkin.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's roast pumpkin and goat's curd galette

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Baked eggplant layered with haloumi and muhammara.

Roast eggplant with muhammara and haloumi

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Serve this spiced ratatouille with flatbead.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats' North African spiced ratatouille with crispy chickpeas and magic potato flatbread

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Adam Liaw's vegetable terrine on Turkish toast with whipped ricotta.

Vegetarian terrine recipe on toast with whipped ricotta

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Whole roasted cauliflower with lemon and mustard dressing.
EASY

Whole roasted cauliflower with lemon and mustard

  • 1-2 hrs
Moussaka meets gratin (hold the meat).

Vegetarian eggplant moussaka gratin

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Potato and pumpkin vegetable tian.
EASY

Potato and pumpkin tian

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Vanessa Gordon
Roasted sweet potato and brussels sprouts.

Charred spiced sweet potato and brussels sprouts with labne, lemons and crunch

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Sticky pomegranate molasses helps to caramelise the onion, leek and fennel.

Caramelised onion, eschallot, leek and fennel tart with goat's curd

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink

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