RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Xmas pud soufflé

  Christmas pudding like you've never tried to before, from Matthew Fort

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  Keema samosas

  Silvana Franco makes tasty Indian finger food with minced lamb and spices – perfect for entertaining.

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  Sausages with salami and lentils

  Nigel Slater makes a hearty rough-edged casserole that gives the impression of having been cooked for hours but is pretty much ready to eat in 45 minutes

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  Vegetable bhaji

  Marut Sikha's version of the rich and butery Pao Bhaji, the most popular of the many street foods on offer in Mumbai

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  Dulse oatcakes

  Dulse gives a mild salty-savoury flavour to Eleanor Smallwood’s oatcakes, traditionally cooked along the coastlines of Northern Ireland and the Hebrides

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  Rabbit with lemon dumplings

  Diana Henry slow-cooks rabbit joints wrapped in bacon and serves them with little lemon and watercress dumplings

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  Deep fried fish with spiced mayonnaise

  Matt Tebbutt uses Japanese panko breadcrumbs for extra crunch - available at most supermarkets or Asian food stores.

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  Creamy fennel

  Gary Rhodes combines lemon juice, crème fraîche and fennel in this simple starter or side dish

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  Momma’s marshmallow and chocolate chip dream cake

  Charita Jones’ dream might just become yours too - a baked cheese cake chock full of chocolate chips and mini marshmallows

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  Cheese straws

  Michel Roux’s grown-up cheese straws can be made with emmenthal, parmesan or any other hard cheese and are flavoured with sweet paprika and cayenne pepper