For too long, vegetarians have been an afterthought at the Christmas table. Usually I’m the only non-meat eater at mine, and I’ve got used to just eating the sides. But in recent years I’ve made more effort to mark the occasion with a special centrepiece that I can eat, too; here are two such things. I love making them because they can be prepped ahead and finished at the last minute. The problem now is that I have to make enough for the others to have a taste: who can resist a creamy, breadcrumb-flecked sprout gratin or a veg-packed filo pie laced with stilton? All the best bits of Christmas eating distilled into two meat-free mains that everyone will love.
