RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chicken in a jar

  Paul Bloxham serves a dramatic dinner party dish of chicken cooked in a preserving jar with a deluxe salsa verde and crisp slices of French sourdough bread

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  Fontina and sorrel arancini

  A tangy salsa rossa with cinnamon, chilli and vinegar is the perfect accompaniment to Aaron Craze’s arancini – Sicilian risotto balls

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  Warm squab, duck and cherry salad

  Baby beetroot, cherries, horseradish and peppery watercress make a match for game birds in Jeremy Lee’s stunning salad

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  Onglet steak with fondant potatoes

  Melting port butter makes an unctuous sauce for Matt Tebbutt’s tender steak supper

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  Loin of venison en croûte

  Parsley pancakes, chopped fennel and mushroom and venison loin are encased in deliciously crisp puff pasty in Galton Blackiston’s dinner party centrepiece

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  Smoked eel with beetroot

  Eel, a fairly rich fish, goes perfectly with the tanginess of beetroot in Arthur Potts Dawson’s recipe

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  Traditional roast turkey with pork, sage and onion stuffing

  Nothing beats a great Christmas roast - Delia Smith's recipe is reliable, tasteful and easy-to-follow

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  Cream sauce with morels

  Tristan Welch’s mushroom, Madeira and cream sauce makes a great accompaniment to meat or fish dishes - or try it with pasta

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  Meatball balti with coriander breads and raita

  The balti originated in Birmingham and it’s basically a saucy curry served with bread - Silvana Franco’s version also comes with a cooling raita on the side

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  Pannacotta

  Turn soya milk into a fabulous vegan dessert with the Vegetarian Society's creamy Panacotta