Make-ahead Easter sides
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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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Potato recipes
Ultimate dauphinois potatoes
There’s slicing, infusing and layering to be done, but the indulgently good finished result makes our dauphinois potatoes utterly worth it.
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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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Carrot recipes
Brown-butter carrots with pistachios and dill
Drizzle young carrots with nutty brown butter and sprinkle with pistachios and dill for an elegant spring side dish.
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Recipes to celebrate spring
Tenderstem broccoli gratin
This creamy, zesty tenderstem broccoli gratin makes a wonderful vegetarian side dish for dinner parties or spring time Sunday lunch.
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Make-ahead Christmas sides
Freeze-ahead roast potatoes
Get ahead and save time when planning a big roast dinner by prepping and freezing your roast potatoes in advance. These are guaranteed to be crispy too.
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Healthy vegetarian recipes
Quick charred spring onion and sweet potato salad
Charred sweet potatoes are tossed with za'tar, spring onions, lamb's lettuce and feta to make a filling sweet potato salad.
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Recipes to celebrate spring
Sherry-braised fennel with pretzel crumbs and goat’s cheese
Tender fennel is braised in sherry then topped with crisp pretzel crumbs and goat's cheese in this simple dinner party starter recipe.
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April seasonal recipes
Michel Roux Jr’s braised little gem lettuces
Michel Roux Jr's braised little gem lettuce recipe is n easy way to transform lettuce into a luxurious side dish. Braise with port and stock.
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Sunday roast side dish recipes
Perfect Yorkshire puddings
A well-risen, golden and crisp Yorkshire pudding is the holy grail of the Sunday roast. Discover how to make them with our easy recipe.
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Watercress recipes
Watercress, fennel and seedy salad
Spring means watercress in abundance. Keep it simple and serve with fennel and orange in this beautiful watercress salad with crunchy seeds.
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Make-ahead Christmas sides
Get-ahead gravy
Prepping a big roast, Christmas dinner or Easter lunch is a breeze with our make-ahead gravy recipe. Serve with chicken or turkey.
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Classic sauce recipes
Mint sauce for lamb
Serve your roast lamb with an easy, and quick, mint sauce. This recipe is ready in minutes and freshly-made tastes better than shop-bought.
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