Anna Jones's recipes for Christmas Eve and Boxing Day meals | The modern cook

The meals either side of Christmas are perfect for less predictable fare: begin with a south Indian curry to wake up the tastebuds, then try a comforting cassoulet on Christmas Eve and purple pickled cabbage soup on Boxing Day During this magical season, it is all too easy to focus all our kitchen attentions on one meal. But it's not always the flavours of Christmas Day that I remember most fondly; the days that lead up to it - with all the anticipation of the main event, filled with present-wra...