RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Berry jelly

  Making your own jelly is just as easy as the packet variety, but much healthier as it's made with fresh fruit.

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  Vodka and vanilla blancmange with warm raspberries

  Raspberries add colour and flavour to James Martin's creamy, vanilla-flecked blancmange

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  Rice and peas

  Junior Francis shows Gary Rhodes how to make this traditional Caribbean dish, which is the perfect accompaniment to high spiced meat or poultry dishes. It should really be called rice and beans though, since there is not a pea in sight.

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  Squid, mussel and white bean salad

  Paul Rankin’s seafood salad is both deliciously satisfying and good for you as well

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  Panna cotta with confit tomato and basil syrup

  Stephen Terry creates an unusual fragrant dessert with sweet tomatoes and a basil sauce

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  Garlic karahi chicken

  Saadia Usmani combines simple, fresh ingredients to create this lightly-spiced chicken stir-fry from South Asia

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  Easy roast turkey

  Sourcing a good-quality turkey (such as Kelly Bronze) is the perfect first step in making the ultimate Christmas dinner. Good Food Channel tells you how to make the most of your roast by cooking your turkey upside down.

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  Salt cod, leek and potato soup

  Chris Galvin perks up vichyssoise soup with homemade salt cod and grilled rounds of chorizo

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  Christmas plum pudding

  Tamasin Day-Lewis creates the perfect Christmas pud – dark, delicious, chock-full of fruit, and boozy to boot!

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  Rosemary chicken with herby lentils

  Arthur Potts Dawson cooks a whole boned chicken on the griddle for tender meat with a slightly smoky flavour