RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chicken stuffed with tarragon mousse

  Michael Caines serves locally reared ‘Ark’ chicken in a light white wine sauce for a real taste of Devon

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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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  Flat bread pizza with smoked salmon

  Aaron Craze’s flatbread pizza with its topping of crème fraiche and smoked salmon makes an ideal light lunch or substantial snack.

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  French onion soup

  Supposedly invented by King Louis XV of France when he only had onions, butter and champagne in his hunting lodge, Matt Tebbutt’s favourite soup is delicious - even without the champagne!

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  Stuffed sea bream

  Sea bream is great for stuffing and baking whole; Aldo Zilli doesn’t disappoint with his Parma ham, mozzarella and anchovy-stuffed bream

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  Chocolate truffle pudding

  Tamasin Day Lewis's wickedly indulgent vanilla-scented chocolate pudding will impress your guests and have them clamouring for more

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  Pizza dei forti (gorgonzola and aubergine pizza)

  Home cook Anna Maria Forti Sheikh competes with chef Stephen Midgley on the ultimate pizza

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  Black bream with wild oregano

  Make the most of the sweet firm flesh of black bream served whole with roasted peppers and Swiss chard

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  Tarte tatin with cinnamon ice cream

  Rachel Thompson complements this classic French pudding with a lightly spiced ice cream

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  Chicken salad with apricots

  Maggie Beer, Australia’s answer to Delia, cooks a delicious dish of chicken pepped up with tangy verjuice