Give your Sunday lunch a lift with recipes to help feed the whole family a feast

DARKER days do not have to put a halt to delicious dining.

Tasty roast dinners with all the trimmings can make a welcome return to our tables.

With great deals on popular meats, you can enjoy a roast one day, use leftovers in a curry the next and stretch to cold-cuts for lunch or sandwiches.

Give your Sunday lunch a lift with Yorkshire puds or cauliflower cheese, then finish it all off with a comforting dessert. Yum.

Try out the excellent recipes below, from morrisons.com.

Meat

Buy two for £6 on Tesco beef brisket joint in gravy and Tesco pork belly with apple sauce, each priced at £3.50 and serving two.

Save a third on British topside of beef at Morrisons until Sunday, down from £13 per kilo to £8.65.

Morrisons’ British roast pork loin joint is down from £6 per kilo to £5 until Sunday.

Save £3 per kilo on a Sainsbury’s half leg of lamb, now £8.50 per kilo.

If you’d prefer a bird you can get a ready-prepped roast chicken dinner for one at Asda for £2.40, or buy three for £5.50.

A whole 1.4kg British chicken at Morrisons is £3.

At Iceland you can buy four frozen joints for £10, including chicken breast, 525g, £3, pork leg, 600g, £3, and turkey breast, 525g, £3.50.

Get more roasties for less with Morrisons wonky potatoes, 2.5kg, down from £1 to 80p.

Grab your greens with a Morrisons savoy cabbage, now 49p, down from 65p.

Asda has McCain frozen roast potatoes for less than half price, down from £2.29 to £1.

Save 75p on Aunt Bessie’s honey glazed roasted parsnips at Asda, now £1.

Sainsbury’s roast potatoes with goose fat, 450g, are down from £2.70 to £2.

Tesco has 15 ready-baked Yorkshire puddings from the Hearty Food Co. for 50p.

For a proper winter warmer, Morrisons’ sticky toffee sponge pudding, 400g, is down from £2.50 to £2.25.

A chocolately treat is Asda’s two Belgian chocolate millionaire’s desserts, £2.50 or part of an £8 meal deal with two mains, a side and a dessert.

Get a taste of the US with Sainsbury’s New York cheesecake, down from £3.25 to £2.50.

This rich beef dish is great for a special meal. Serve with creamy mash with a little horseradish, and veg of your choice.

Serves eight

Prep time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 3 hours

YOU NEED:

METHOD:

Heat the oven to 170C/150C fan/Gas 3.
Using a large flameproof casserole dish heat the oil and fry the beef joint, turning to cover ever surface, to seal the meat.
Mix together the cranberry sauce, port and stock and pour over the beef.
Add the onion wedges and carrots to the stock, season and bring to the boil.
Cover the pan and roast in the oven for three hours, removing the lid for the final 30 minutes of cooking.
Garnish with the sprigs of thyme.

Serves six

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

YOU NEED:

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 5. Put the apples in a large pan with the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and a little cold water.
Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer until soft. Remove from the heat and tip into an ovenproof dish. Remove the cinnamon stick and cloves.
In a large bowl, add the chilled butter to the flour and gently rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Add the sugar and granola and stir well. Use to top the apple mixture.
Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden and crunchy. Serve with warm custard.