Next Episode of How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O'Connell is
Season 5 / Episode 1 and airs on 21 December 2025 20:30
Witty, erudite and endlessly knowledgable about food, Irish chef Rory O'Connell returns with a collection of new recipes and helpful techniques for the holiday season. Rory prepares elegant dishes for cooks who want something a little different, including potted lobster, duck leg curry with Indian spieces and apple cider vinegar, a surprising Irish salad and apple Betty with chocolate and mincemeat.
In the first of Rory's two new festive programmes he prepares Salad of Roast Butternut Squash with Chickpeas and Salmoriglio, an Italian lemon and herb sauce.
Rory's first recipe in this second festive programme is Choux Pastry and Choux Rings with Smoked Trout and Almonds.He then prepares Three Cheese Mille Feuille with Cranberries.
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