Make-ahead Christmas starters
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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. Serve as a starter,...
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Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
Spiced parsnip and apple soup
Parsnip and apple are a marriage made in heaven, especially when combined in this soup recipe. A great festive starter...
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Terrine recipes
Rabbit, bacon, lemon and thyme terrine
This rabbit and bacon terrine recipe is great either as a starter or for lunch served with a dressed green...
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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...
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Crab recipes
Potted crab
An easy potted crab recipe makes a quick starter to serve at a dinner party. You can also make it...
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Beef fillet recipes
Crusted beef carpaccio with Parmesan
All you need to make this classy beef carpaccio recipe is a decent cut of fillet and a few other...
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Make-ahead Christmas starters
Rich pork pâté
This rich pork pâté recipe has a wonderful meaty texture and is perfect alongside bread and chutney. It uses several...
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Christmas dinner recipes
Coarse pheasant and chestnut terrine
This hearty pheasant and chestnut terrine recipe makes the most of the pheasant while it is in season.
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Chicken liver salad with shallot dressing
Raymond Blanc’s chicken liver salad recipe is a French classic – you can make some of the recipe the night...
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Mackerel recipes
Marinated mackerel with spiced aioli
Chef Jason Atherton’s recipe for mackerel with spiced aioli is an ideal starter for a sophisticated dinner party.
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Pumpkin recipes
Chilli pumpkin and wild mushroom soup
This vegetarian pumpkin soup recipe is one big embrace in a bowl, perfect for a holiday dinner party. Check out...
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Make-ahead Christmas starters
Smoked salmon, cream cheese and watercress rolls
Easy to make, these smoked salmon rolls are perfect as canapés, a Christmas starter or to take to a picnic....
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Prawn recipes
Buttered sea trout and prawn pots with dill and soda bread toast
Instead of potted shrimp, how about this? A sea trout and prawn pot recipe, topped with butter and served individually...
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Trout recipes
Lime-cured sea trout with wasabi dressing
Bit stuck for fridge space? This trout recipe is based on gravadlax, which is traditionally made with salmon. Sea trout...
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