M&S Christmas Food Revealed For 2016 Including Chocolate Tortillas, Mini Hog Roasts And More

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It may be mid-summer and we should be licking ice lollies but after seeing M&S Christmas menu, we’re hunkering after mince pies. But then again, it might be this weather.

Each July, supermarkets showcase their Christmas menus, and the M&S menu has really taken the biscuit.

From fire-roasted tortilla chips dipped in chocolate to a succulent lamb crown complete with parsnip stuffing and red wine jus, here’s a look at the major food porn we’ll be Instagramming come winter time.

Here is a selection of the the tastiest-looking food porn. 

Hog Roast On Mini Crackling Plates

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The classic hog roast has gone gourmet with these bitesize pork crackling plates, topped with shredded pork, sage and onion stuffing and drizzled with a caramelised apple sauce.

Hog roast meat with mini crackling plates (184g), £6

 

 

Tortilla Chips Dipped in Dark Chocolate

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These are the ultimate sweet and savoury combination: crunchy tortillas baked with red bell and jalapeño peppers, then dipped in rich dark chocolate.

Tortilla Chips Dipped in Dark Chocolate (125g), £2

 

10 Smoked Salmon & Scrambled Egg Mini Croissants

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Mini butter croissants filled with scrambled egg and smoked salmon, drizzled with hollandaise sauce. 

 10 Smoked Salmon & Scrambled Egg Mini Croissants (280g), £7

Shellfish Knickerbocker Glory

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Layers of decadent king prawns, lobster mousse and champagne mousse topped with king prawns. 

Shellfish Knickerbocker Glory (260g), £8

Lamb Crown With Parsnip Stuffing & Red Wine Jus

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Two racks of tender lamb, carefully butchered and hand-tied into a crown, with honey roast parsnip and rosemary stuffing and a rich port jus. 

Lamb Crown With Parsnip Stuffing & Red Wine Jus (925g), £40 

Chocolate Christmas Pudding Cake

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Chocolate cake layered with milk chocolate buttercream, with a hidden centre of golden sixpence chocolate coins, covered with soft icing. 

Chocolate Christmas Pudding Cake (1.3kg), £12

Cornish Cove Wreath

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Festive mature Cornish Cove cheddar wreath with juicy cranberries and apricots. 

Cornish Cove Wreath (110g), £5

Chocolate And Passionfruit Star

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A chocolate sponge centre topped with white chocolate mousse and a passionfruit compote filling, surrounded by chocolate sponge and dark chocolate mousse filled with chocolate sauce. 

Chocolate And Passionfruit Star (530g), £15

Christmas Cobbler Cocktail

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An American classic of the 1840s, this sherry cobbler has been given a twist with the addition of beetroot, a delicious and increasingly trendy cocktail ingredient.

The ready-to-drink cocktail combines oloroso sherry, rum, beetroot, calvados and apple. 

Christmas Cobbler Cocktail (50cl), £12

‘No Big Dill’ Gin Cocktail

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A gin cocktail infused with dill and a touch of elderflower. 

‘No Big Dill’ Gin Cocktail (50cl), £12

 

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