RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chicken earle

  Ann Keeling makes a chicken and vegetable gratin with a crisp cheesy top

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  Carrot, courgette and coriander soup

  Go for triple the goodness with this tasteful carrot, courgette and coriander soup, enriched with dried porcini mushrooms

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  Leftover Christmas turkey pie

  A perfect Boxing Day pie with giblet gravy from Judy Goodman

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  Burgers with special fried onions

  Spiced onions and mushrooms give an intense savoury flavour to David Kennett's burgers

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  Smoked mackerel eggy bread and crispy bacon

  Peter Gordon adds a sophisticated flavour explosion to eggy bread

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  Sweet potato pudding

  A fruity Jamaican dish from Pancy Patterson crammed with coconut, fruits and spices

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  The Twinkle

  With its champagne top and apt name, this light, delicately flavoured drink from Finlandia would add a sparkle to any Christmas Day menu.

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  Poppy seed cake with vanilla buttercream icing

  This fabulously rich cake from Rachel Allen is best eaten with lashings of the vanilla buttercream

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  Potato chips

  Daniel Galmiche’s secret for perfect potato chips is in the three different stages of cooking

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  Plain paratha (lightly fried bread)

  Discover just how delicious a home-made paratha can taste with Vicky Bhogal's recipe for these classic Indian flat breads