Christmas starter recipes
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Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
Clodagh Mckenna’s smoked mackerel and dill pâté with fennel crispbreads
Clodagh Mckenna's easy smoked mackerel and dill pâté recipe makes an elegant starter for a dinner party at home.
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Scallop recipes
Scallops in their shells
Make chef Tom Kitchin's scallops in their shells – served with a creamy, French-style sauce and puff pastry casing – for a special occasion.
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Smoked salmon recipes
Smoked salmon with beetroot parsnip rösti
This quick recipe for smoked salmon and crisp beetroot-parsnip rosti is perfect for brunch or lunch. You could even serve it as a Christmas starter.
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Beetroot recipes
Beetroot and shallot tarte tatin with walnut, orange and dill dressing
This beetroot and shallot tarte tatin makes a great sharing starter and adds a pop of colour to the dinner table.
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Vegetarian Christmas starter recipes
Wild mushroom and bulgur wheat cakes
This vegetarian starter is a celebration of mushrooms, using porcini, chanterelle and chestnut.
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Blue cheese recipes
Roast pumpkin with toasted hazelnuts, blue cheese and thyme
This roast pumpkin recipe with toasted hazelnuts, blue cheese, thyme and chilli, makes a great dinner party starter for an autumn gathering.
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Celeriac recipes
Celeriac and apple soup with girolle mushrooms and cheesy toasts
Use the stars of autumn to make celeriac and apple soup with girolle mushrooms, and serve with cheesy toasts. A taste of luxury in 45 mins.
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Christmas starter recipes
Smoked salmon, cream cheese and dill pâté
This quick and easy smoked salmon pâté recipe is served with a homemade caraway soda bread. Try as a starter or simple lunch.
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Christmas starter recipes
Pickled pear, caramelised pecan and stilton tartlets
These pear, caramelised pecan and stilton tartlets are made using ready-rolled puff pastry. They are great to make as a Christmas starter.
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Christmas starter recipes
Herbed lentil and beetroot ‘couscous’ with halloumi
Beetroot is blitzed in a food processor until it's the same size as couscous and then then served with roasted beetroot, spiced seeds and halloumi.
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Christmas salad recipes
Carrot keftedes with pomegranate skordalia and carrot salad
These spiced carrot patties – served with a pomegranate and carrot salad – are a tasty vegetarian alternative for Christmas dinner.
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Make-ahead Christmas starters
Blinis with smoked salmon and dill pâté
These blinis with smoked salmon and dill pâté make an ideal canapé recipe to serve with drinks over the Christmas period.
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Filo pastry recipes
Mushroom tartlets
These creamy vegetarian mushroom tarts are great for a light lunch, as a starter, or as part of a buffet.
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Christmas starter recipes
Smoked duck salad with pomegranate
This smoked duck and pomegranate salad recipe looks like a sophisticated starter yet it takes only half an hour and is easily assembled.
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Christmas starter recipes
Chicken liver and Madeira parfait
This chicken liver and Madeira parfait recipe only takes 25 minutes to make. Serve with gherkins and crusty bread.
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Parsnip recipes
Roasted parsnip and parmesan soup
This deliciously sweet and creamy roasted parsnip soup is an ideal lunch or starter recipe. The addition of parmesan gives it deeper flavour.
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