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Flecked with red and green, Ross Burden's tasty festive butter adds a colourful note to Christmas dining

Gennaro Contaldo's colourful main course of pasta, layered with minced beef and pork, creamy mozzarella, ricotta and delicious tomato sauce is a feast of flavours

Sarah Kearns makes a simple vegetarian meal taste with the exotic flavours of cardamom, orange and pomegranate

A warming German punch with a punch from Tom Parker Bowles

Alan Coxon's dressy dessert combines filo, hazelnuts and figs in brandy cream batter, served with minty chocolate ganache

Creamy and full of flavour, Shropshire Blue makes a great dressing in this winter salad from the British Cheese Board

James Martin combines fruity British chutney with salty north Italian ham in his make-ahead starter

Chef Gennaro Contaldo shares a simple family recipe which one of his protégées made for him on a recent visit to Tuscany

Sophie Grigson's decedent Christmas pudding for one, complete with flames and rich clotted cream

Matthew Fort prefers this American version of cranberry sauce that is lighter and fresher than the traditional British variety