This Christmas, impress your family with modern yet festive recipes from NEFF. Try your hand at a Beef Pot Roast with Cranberry Sauce or Mini Vegan Beetroot Wellingtons – a perfect combination of tradition and colour, suitable for all guests.
NEFF ovens help home cooks create festive dishes that are modern, colourful, and effortless. From melt-in-the-mouth beef roasts to golden vegan Wellingtons. Designed for creativity and stress-free entertaining, NEFF ovens showcase precision, convenience, and flavour in every dish.
Featuring CircoTherm® multi-level cooking, Slide & Hide® doors, and Steam/Full Steam functionality, NEFF ovens bring out the very best in festive ingredients. Slow-cooked meats become tender and juicy, vegan Wellingtons bake evenly with crisp, flaky pastry, and sauces reduce perfectly thanks to consistent, even heat.
“NEFF ovens take the stress out of festive cooking,” says Eleanor Martin, professional chef and culinary expert at the Home of Innovation. “The CircoTherm® function lets me roast meat and vegetables on multiple levels simultaneously, the Steam function keeps roasts juicy and pastries golden, and the Slide & Hide® door makes handling heavy trays safer. It’s a game-changer for creating a festive feast any day, any weather.”
FULL RECIPE: Beef Pot Roast with Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 kg topside beef
- 1.4 l cranberry juice
- 300 g dried cranberries
- 20 g sugar
- 200 g celeriac
- 6 shallots
- 80 ml balsamic vinegar
- 40 ml gin
- 300 ml red wine
- 1 bay leaf
- 10 juniper berries
- 80 g walnuts
- 2 tbsp starch
- Salt
- Vegetable oil (for frying)
- Rosemary (for garnish)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160°C conventional mode. Peel and dice celeriac and shallots. Heat vegetable oil in a roasting pan on the hob. Sear beef for 2–3 minutes per side. Add celeriac and shallots, sauté briefly, then deglaze with balsamic vinegar, gin, and red wine. Add bay leaf, juniper berries, and some cranberry juice.
- Transfer pan to NEFF oven and roast for ~2 hours. Cover for the first 90 minutes, then remove the lid for the final 30 minutes for a golden crust.
- For the cranberry sauce, cook dried cranberries with cranberry juice and sugar for 5 minutes, then puree until smooth.
- Remove roast from oven and let rest. Toast walnuts for garnish. Slice beef, serve with roasted vegetables, drizzle with gravy, and top with cranberry sauce and toasted walnuts.
FULL RECIPE: Mini Vegan Beetroot Wellingtons
Ingredients
- 6 small beetroots
- 2 vegan puff pastry sheets
- 1 shallot
- 1 clove garlic
- 100 g brown mushrooms
- 2 tbsp margarine
- 50 g hazelnuts
- 10 g thyme
- Salt, pepper
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C CircoTherm®. Rinse beets, cover in salt in a baking dish, and roast for ~40 minutes. Let cool, then peel.
- Dice shallot and garlic. Cube mushrooms. Melt half the margarine in a pan, sauté mushrooms, shallots, and garlic for 10 minutes.
- Toast hazelnuts, pulse in a food processor, and mix with mushroom mixture and thyme. Season with salt and pepper.
- Roll out puff pastry, cut circles to match beet size. Place mushroom mixture in the center, add a beet, and fold pastry around it. Brush with remaining margarine and bake at 180°C for 30 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.
Whether it’s a traditional Christmas roast or a colourful vegan twist, NEFF ovens bring precision, convenience, and festive flavour to your kitchen. For more details, visit NEFF Ireland or book a free product consultation at the Home of Innovation showroom in Dublin 12.
Want to see NEFF ovens in action? Join Eleanor Martin for a live Christmas cooking demonstration, where she’ll showcase festive recipes, expert tips, and how NEFF technology makes every dish shine. The next demo takes place on Saturday, December 6th & December 20th – register now to secure your place and make this Christmas truly delicious.