Christmas breakfast ideas to fuel your day

Featured Products

Setting the Christmas breakfast table so it’s a joy not a chore

Choose one of these low-fuss, quick & easy ways for your family to enjoy even more of the deliciousness that comes from your kitchen this Christmas morning. Then wrap it up in perfectly imperfect tableware from Royal Doulton.

Breakfast buffet

If there’s one meal on the calendar that invites us to pile high our plates, it’s Christmas breakfast. From trays of oven-warm croissants, muffins and breakfast pizzas, to platters of crispy bacon, french toast and pancakes, the buffet is the ideal format for a relaxed but mouth-watering start to Christmas. And Royal Doulton’s serving boards and platters are the perfect way to elevate buffet-style dishes to reflect the occasion. 

A laid-back Christmas breakfast setting

While there’s a lot of leeway, we suggest making your dining menu equal parts easy and festive.

Spending hours in the kitchen adding flourishes to impressive culinary creations is all well and good, but it can also severely restrict your own ability to enjoy the party. Instead, select a few key dishes you can make in advance, platter on the day, and that will allow all attending to casually help themselves. 

Here are a few ideas for bite-sized dishes to start you off, all ideal to serve on Royal Doulton’s serving boards and platters:

Cheese Boards

Have fun curating and presenting your unique combination of breads, crackers, nuts, fruits, dips, and of course, cheeses both hard and soft.

Cold Meat Platters

From smoked, roasted and cured and from mild to red-hot, welcome your guests with a cold cut spread that’s overflowing with choices. Make sure to include vegetarian options such as plant-based deli meats, olives and cut-fresh vegetables.

Canapes

There are simply too many appetiser possibilities to mention, but we do recommend applying these three criteria to make your canapes tray rise to the Friendsmas occasion: Taste. Colour. Texture

Small desserts

Continue the help yourself format by having single-servings of a variety of sweet treats – we strongly recommend home-baked cookies made the day before for when it’s eventually time for coffee.

If, on the other hand, you and your friends would prefer a sit-down dinner setup, Royal Doulton’s classic white tableware is ideal for reconnecting with nostalgic Christmas moments.

A little something for the little ones

Spending hours in the kitchen adding flourishes to impressive culinary creations is all well and good, but it can also severely restrict your own ability to enjoy the party. Instead, select a few key dishes you can make in advance, platter on the day, and that will allow all attending to casually help themselves. 

Here are a few ideas for bite-sized dishes to start you off, all ideal to serve on Royal Doulton’s serving boards and platters:

Cheese Boards

Have fun curating and presenting your unique combination of breads, crackers, nuts, fruits, dips, and of course, cheeses both hard and soft.

Cold Meat Platters

From smoked, roasted and cured and from mild to red-hot, welcome your guests with a cold cut spread that’s overflowing with choices. Make sure to include vegetarian options such as plant-based deli meats, olives and cut-fresh vegetables.

Canapes

There are simply too many appetiser possibilities to mention, but we do recommend applying these three criteria to make your canapes tray rise to the Friendsmas occasion: Taste. Colour. Texture

Small desserts

Continue the help yourself format by having single-servings of a variety of sweet treats – we strongly recommend home-baked cookies made the day before for when it’s eventually time for coffee.

If, on the other hand, you and your friends would prefer a sit-down dinner setup, Royal Doulton’s classic white tableware is ideal for reconnecting with nostalgic Christmas moments.

Friendsmas gifts that’ll last a lifetime

One of the loveliest and most reassuring things about Christmas is the opportunity to revisit long-cherished traditions – such as waking up to classic Christmas morning dishes we can pile our plates high with. The much-loved dishes we’ve suggested below can all be prepared quickly and easily and will make an ideal foundation for your menu, and they’ll look even more delicious by presenting them on Royal Doulton serveware.

Scrambled eggs

So quick and easy to make, but the impression they create is always welcoming and appealing. Versatility in spades too as they combine with and complement most kinds of baked goods.

Gingerbread pancakes

A themed variation on the classic, spice up these pancakes with ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves, then top with berries and a drizzle of maple syrup. Expect everyone to help themselves to seconds.

Fruit platter

They say fruit is nature’s candy and we wholeheartedly agree. So add a clean, crisp and zesty balance to your more weighty dishes by putting together a platter or serving bowl of the freshest fruits of the season you can get your hands on. 

Eggs benedict with smoked salmon

Wonderfully balanced, a little bit fancy and a cinch to whip up. To assemble, place the sliced smoked salmon on individual English muffins, top with sliced avocado and poached egg, drizzling over a mild hollandaise sauce of egg yolks, lemon juice, butter, salt and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Top with chives.

It’s important not to forget the children’s set-up on Christmas morning. Royal Doulton has an exciting range of children’s tableware featuring Bunnykins that will make Christmas morning mealtimes even more special and memorable for the biggest Christmas fans at your house. The Bunnykins range includes plates, bowls, mugs and more, that they will cherish beyond Christmas day and for years to come.

Serve hot chocolate with a Royal Doulton twist

Unwrapping presents feels much more fun when you have a piping hot cocoa to warm your hands and tummy with. Embrace the specialness of the occasion with a hot chocolate recipe with a Royal Doulton twist, and serve up that heavenly sweetness to your entire household in colourful ceramic mugs from Royal Doulton to set the tone for a cosy Christmas morning.

Explore our full Christmas collection for a merry Royal Doulton Christmas