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Christmas starter recipes
Smoky garlic prawn cocktail
A classic gets a contemporary makeover with our easy smoky garlic prawn cocktail recipe. Serve in lettuce cups with a smoky garlic sauce.
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Favourite vegetarian recipes
Feta parcels with grilled courgettes and peaches
Wrap feta in courgette ribbons and grill or barbecue to make this delicious vegetarian starter or main. Serve with juicy grilled peaches.
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Make-ahead Christmas starters
Potted duck with pistachio
This pimped potted duck starter is easy to make ahead of time and will lend a French bistro vibe to your next dinner party.
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Christmas starter recipes
Beetroot-cured salmon with watercress
This colourful Christmas starter uses beetroot and colourful citrus zest to produce a beetroot-cured salmon that looks as good as it tastes.
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Recipes using sourdough bread
Baked camembert bread bowl
This camembert bread bowl works as a hearty starter, informal tear and share lunch, or perhaps as part of a vegetarian Christmas buffet.
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Canapé recipes
Devilled eggs
The ultimate Christmas party food, devilled eggs are about as moreish as canapés get and a must for the Christmas table.
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Asparagus recipes
Asparagus with labneh, mint, almonds and seeds
This stunning spring starter by Gill Meller pairs charred asparagus with thick and creamy labneh, fresh mint and crunchy almonds.
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Italian starter recipes
Peppers with roasted garlic, anchovies and basil
A stunning Italian starter by Angela Hartnett featuring sweet roasted red peppers, salty anchovies, roasted garlic and basil.
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Christmas starter recipes
Classic prawn cocktail
Whip up this retro dessert – classic prawn cocktail – in just 15 minutes and serve as a fun yet elegant starter to dinner party guests.
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Vegetarian starter recipes
Ful medames
Ful medames is an Egyptian dish made with fava beans, parsley and garlic. It makes a wonderful starter or snack served with pitta breads.
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Strawberry recipes
Burrata with balsamic strawberries
A five-minute and five-ingredient starter recipe made with gorgeously creamy burrata cheese and sweet summer strawberries.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Scallops with garlic, chilli and anchovy butter
Find out how to cook scallops on the barbecue this summer, then drizzle with lashings of the garlic, chilli and anchovy butter.
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Crostini recipes
Pea and crab crostini
A super-easy crab crositini recipe with toasted baguette and a crab, pea, tarragon and crème fraîche topping. Perfect as a starter or a fancy lunch.
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Aubergine recipes
Baba ghanoush
To really amp up the flavour of this Middle Eastern dip, baba ghanoush, char the aubergines on the barbecue for extra smoky flavour.
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Summer soup recipes
Chilled pea soup
Delicately fresh and sweet, this chilled pea soup is a summer stunner. It's cheap to make too as it uses frozen petit pois.
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Salmon fillet recipes
Cumin-cured salmon
Home-curing is such a rewarding way of preparing meat or fish. Have a go at this cumin-cured salmon recipe – perfect for laid-back entertaining.
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