RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Christmas cake

  You can make this Christmas cake weeks before or even the day before - the taste will still be traditional and delicious. The recipe for almond paste, which is toasted in the oven for extra flavour, comes from Rachel's mother-in-law, Darina Allen.

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  Gooey chocolate brownies

  Oli Shute's gloriously rich, fudgy and densely chocolatey brownies make a tempting tea time treat or delectable dessert

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  Soul swizzle

  A refreshing citrus cocktail made with Finlandia grapefruit vodka from the soulshakers

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  Curried crab and dumplings

  Gary Rhodes with Debra Sardinha Metivier makes a traditional one dish meal from Tobago

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  Paella cakes

  Try Jo Pratt’s unconventional way of enjoying a classic Spanish seafood paella

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  Fish and chips served with mushy peas

  Flaky fish in a crisp beer batter, perfect golden chips and a glorious pea puree make a meal to remember from Jean-Christophe Novelli

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  Dill sauce

  This healthy dill sauce is delicious with salmon or prawns, new potatoes and sugar snap peas - it also livens up a mixed leaf salad

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  Broccoli and Parma ham rolls

  Matthew Fort wraps spears of purple sprouting broccoli with crisped Parma ham

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  Moroccan fish cakes with hot pepper sauce

  Gurnard, a firm, white-fleshed fish, combines with harissa (a hot chilli paste) and other Moroccan flavourings in Diana Henry’s extra spicy fish cakes.

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  Norwegian almond cream (mandel pudding)

  Jules Evans serves up this traditional almond flavoured Norwegian pudding with a luscious blueberry compote