Yotam Ottolenghi's alternative Christmas dinner – recipes

Turkey and all the trimmings is all very well, but to turn heads this Christmas, try out this roast spatchcock chicken in chilli butter with a Gruffalo-inspired stuffing cake, sweet potatoes roasted with pecan and lime, and a zingy sprout slaw

If you've never spatchcocked a chicken, you can now add it to the list of things I had time for in 2020 that I would never have done otherwise" (or ask the butcher to do it for you). If you want to get ahead, prepare the chicken the day before: refrigerate it all laid out and ready in the tray, but remember to bring it up to room temperature before it goes in the oven.