Make-ahead Easter recipes
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Sweet tart recipes
Sweet ricotta tart
Julia Busuttil Nishimura's sweet ricotta tart with dark chocolate and Italian candied fruit is a perfect dessert for Easter or a dinner party.
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Roast potato recipes
Roast potatoes with polenta, balsamic and thyme
You can make these crispy roast potatoes ahead so that, when the meat has cooked, you can pop the potatoes in the oven while the meat rests.
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Terry’s Chocolate Orange rocky road
This moreish Terry's Chocolate Orange rocky road uses the classic wedges as topping for an extra chunky texture. Fab for Christmas or Easter!
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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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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Oreo cookie chocolate trifle
This Oreo cookie trifle is set to be a new festive favourite. The biscuits bring a lovely bit of crunch to the choc custard and rich mascarpone topping.
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Rhubarb recipes
Ultimate rhubarb and custard tart
Tried, tested and timeless... our ultimate rhubarb and custard tart is one of life’s greatest dessert combinations. Give our new recipe a go!
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Vegetarian Christmas recipes
Parsnip and porcini wellington
Give it some welly with a vegan parsnip and porcini wellington; it makes a fail-safe meat-free centrepiece to entertain all meat-eaters, veggies and vegans.
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Comfort food recipes
Warm Nutella puddings with chocolate caramel
Nutella, chocolate and caramel combine in these soft-centre puddings. Rich, decadent and utterly heavenly... you won't be able to resist.
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Chicken pie recipes
Creamy chicken, mushroom and dijon pie
A creamy chicken and mushroom pie with a crisp pastry lid makes comforting feed-a-crowd fare. If you like, top with mashed potato instead.
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Baked cheesecake recipes
Mini burnt cheesecakes with rhubarb and orange compote
Don't be put off by these individual cheesecakes being 'burnt'. It means the toasty caramelised edges pack in flavour. You can't go wrong with this recipe!
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Cheesecake recipes
Bounty parfait cheesecake
Try our vegan bounty cheesecake for your next dinner party dessert. A coconut biscuit base is topped with coconut cream tand dark chocolate.
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Carrot, parsnip and mascarpone gratin
A make-ahead side dish to serve with your roast dinnerr. This creamy carrot and parsnip gratin with rosemary and bay is a crowd pleaser.
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Rhubarb recipes
Rhubarb, lime and ginger custard tart
The magic combination of sweet custard and tart candy-pink rhubarb is a classic flavour match. The lime and ginger take it to new heights too
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Sherry-braised leeks
These silky textured braised leeks, made more indulgent with sherry and double cream, are delicious as a Christmas side dish.
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Trout recipes
Trout terrine with capers, chopped egg, dill and chives
Served with fresh crusty bread and sharp pickled cucumbers, Gill Meller's trout terrine is studded with chopped egg and capers.
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Chocolate dessert recipes
No-bake gooey Mars bar-style tart
If you think a Mars bar is great then this no-bake chocolatey tart made with dulce de leche is going to blow your mind
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