RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Grilled cod on pommes sarladaise with truffle oil

  Sun-kissed potatoes and red ripe tomatoes marry well together in this delicious truffle-scented cod dish by Rick Stein

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  Mandarin trifle

  Tana Ramsay enriches and updates this traditional pudding with fresh custard and crunchy nuts

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  Christmas Waldorf salad with grilled goats’ cheese

  This Women’s Institute salad is a perfect beginning to the Christmas meal - it is light, colourful and most of it can be prepared in advance

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  Turkey, sage and winter vegetable risotto

  Bored of turkey curry? Try Michael Caines' risotto that uses leftover turkey and vegetables to smooth and creamy effect

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  Le pot au feu with piquant sauce

  Matt Tebbutt’s recipe for a simmered dish of beef, veal and pork with vegetables is a classic French favourite

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  White chocolate cheesecake

  Decorate this luscious cheesecake with seasonal fruit for a cool dessert - it's great prepared in advance for a dinner party...

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  Lemon and goat's cheese tart

  A deliciously tangy tart from James Martin - a creamy lemony filling topped with melted goat's cheese, browned under the grill

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  Red mullet on pea purée with beetroot crisps

  Impress your guests with Rosemary Shrager's tasty fish served on a bed of smooth pea purée and garnished with stylish beetroot crisps

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  Teisen lap with lavender honey and roasted figs

  Matt Tebbutt serves this rich Welsh fruit cake with figs drizzled in lavender honey - add a dollop of clotted cream to really treat yourself

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  Pockmarked grandmother’s beancurd (mapo tofu)

  Gary Rhodes cooks a famous Sichuan dish of silky tofu with, known convivially as 'pockmarked grandmother's beancurd'