Easy Christmas recipes
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Canapé recipes
Mini crayfish and crab brioche bites
We've given the seventies-style prawn cocktail an update with these crayfish and crab brioche bites. They make an elegant canapé at a dinner party.
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Christmas cake recipes
Quick and easy Christmas cake
Christmas cakes usually take about 3 hours to cook, but our quick Christmas cake recipe is ready in half the time – perfect for a last-minute fix!
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Sausage roll recipes
Blue cheese, date and walnut sausage rolls
These cook-from-frozen blue cheese and walnut sausage rolls make entertaining a breeze. We love the combo of salty sausagemeat and blue cheese with sweet dates.
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Quick pudding recipes in under 20 minutes
5-minute chocolate banana split
We've put a healthy spin on banana split by swapping ice cream for frozen yoghurt, chocolate sauce for dark chocolate and dousing it all with almond butter
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Christmas canapés
Anchovy rarebit
Lucas Hollweg recommends eating this rarebit just as it is, or on delicate slivers of toast with capers and shallots. It's a salty, savoury canapé or starter.
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Showstopping salmon recipes
Cheesy choux wreath with hot smoked salmon and horseradish dip
This impressive tear-and-share cheesy choux wreath is served with a fiery smoked salmon, horseradish and cream cheese dip.
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Mini dessert recipes
Chocolate meringue kisses
You're three ingredients and ten minutes away from chocolate ganache-meringue heaven...with our easy and festive chocolate meringues
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Tapas recipes
Crab croquetas with romesco dipping sauce
Crispy on the outside and smooth and creamy on the inside – these crab croquetas can be enjoyed tapas style, or as a decadent start to a dinner party.
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Chocolate mousse recipes
Easy chocolate mousse
Rachel Allen's simple chocolate mousse recipe, served with these mint biscuits, is a great make-ahead dessert for a dinner party.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Lemony treacle tart
This treacle tart recipe, made using shop-bought sweet shortcrust pastry, is simple to make plus it freezes and reheats beautifully.
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Christmas baking recipes
Spiced easy fruit cake
This recipe is ideal for people who prefer a lighter Christmas or fruit cake. It's quicker and very very easy too.
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Christmas chocolate recipes
Christmas rocky road
This super-easy and fun rocky road recipe uses Christmas leftovers – it's perfect for baking with kids during the school Christmas holidays.
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Fudge recipes
Easy Christmas fudge
This easy Christmas fudge recipe is fun for kids to make during the holidays. Wrap some up and give as an edible Christmas gift for friends and family.
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