Chippy serving up Christmas dinner as a deep-fried festive feast.

Newly-opened Buckhaven takeaway serves up calorie-stuffed festive nosh – but mince pies are off the menu after they “exploded” in the deep-fat fryer

If December 25 seems too long to wait for turkey and all the trimmings, a Fife chippy is selling Christmas dinner all month, albeit fried in batter.

April’s Plaice in Buckhaven has been open for only a few weeks and is hoping customers will find the deep-fried festive feast is crisp and even.

For the sum of £8, hungry customers can buy deep-fried turkey or chicken leg with deep-fried roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, carrots and pigs in blankets, and a mince pie.

The only item on the promotion not to be plunged into boiling oil is the mince pie – and the gravy, for obvious reasons.

Chip shop owner James Ellinsworth, 34, said he attempted to deep fry a mince pie, with poor results.

“It just exploded in the pan. I did try it, but it just went wrong,” he said.

Battered mince pies have been achieved before.

Marshall’s Fish Bar in Collumpton, Devon, which also does fried Christmas dinners, is among the few who have perfected the treat encased in batter.

James, who set up the business in College Street, Buckhaven, at the end of October, said he came across the idea “by accident” after fried potato ends reminded him of roasties.

He added: “I was making potato fritters and you can’t use the end of the potato to make a fritter. The end of the potato is too round for fritters.

“I thought, it’s a new business looking for a promotion, so why not try Christmas dinner?”

Since being launched on Saturday, the decadent dish has been popular with customers.

But James is not keen to partake himself.

“Absolutely not. When you’re deep- frying food all day, the last thing you want is anything that is deep fried,” he said.

Chip shops the length of the country have been getting into the Christmas spirit with artery-clogging innovations.

Cafe Piccante in Edinburgh has piled on the calories by deep-frying Christmas pudding.

And a chip shop in Nottingham has taken pigs in blankets to the next level by making them a foot long and deep-frying them.

Instead of the more traditional chipolatas, the takeaway uses huge bangers wrapped in bacon.

When we heard about a Fife chip shop’s plans to deep fry an entire Christmas dinner, we knew we simply had to find a Brussels correspondent from somewhere.

A taste test duly organised, the full works descended into bubbling fat.

It is certainly a unique take on Christmas dinner – and most definitely not something one should be indulging in more than once a year...

Pictures: George Mcluskie. Chip shop owner James Ellinsworth with his deep-fried Christmas dinner offering.

Angus Muirhead, 9, licks his lips at the sight of the deep-fried festive fare.