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Stuffed butternut squash

Try your hand at this simple, effective stuffed vegetable recipe from Hugh's River Cottage read more on: Stuffed butternut squash

Stuffed butternut squash
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beetroot houmous with cheese sraws
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Beetroot houmous with cheese straws recipe

Simon Rimmer roasts beetroot with garlic for this rustic houmous served with crispy cheese straws

By Simon Rimmer from Sunday Brunch

Burrata salad
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Burrata salad recipe

Simon Rimmer serves the creamy-centred mozzarella balls with roast tomatoes, broad beans and zesty lemon

By Simon Rimmer from Sunday Brunch

DIY Vietnamese rolls
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DIY Vietnamese herby pork summer rolls recipe

On Sunday Brunch Stefan Gates shares this easy recipe for spring rolls that gets your guests doing all the work!

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Crispy Peking duck
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Crispy duck recipe

Simon Rimmer makes this tasty Chinese crispy duck on Sunday Brunch, proving it's easier than you think to make

By Simon Rimmer from Sunday Brunch

Goat's cheese and beetroot cheesecake
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Goat's cheese and beetroot cheesecake recipe

A savoury cheesecake with creamy goat's cheese, herbs and earthy beetroot from Simon Rimmer on Sunday Brunch

By Simon Rimmer from Sunday Brunch

ceviche
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Ceviche recipe

Simon Rimmer's version of the fresh Mexican classic  fish cured in lime juice and chilli

By Simon Rimmer from Sunday Brunch

soup
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Parsnip and pea soup with walnut pesto recipe

This smooth, hearty soup from Gordon's Christmas Cookalong LIVE 2012 makes the perfect festive starter, with a nutty homemade pesto stirred in

By Gordon Ramsay from Gordon's Christmas Cookalong LIVE 2012

Christmas blinis
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Christmas blinis recipe

Gordon Ramsay's buckwheat blinis with smoked salmon served with a caper and horseradish crème fraîche

By Gordon Ramsay from Gordon's Christmas Cookalong LIVE 2012

Cured salmon
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Sake and wasabi cured salmon recipe

Simon Rimmer's oriental cured salmon recipe makes a brilliant Christmas starter or Boxing Day centrepiece

By Simon Rimmer from Sunday Brunch

Asparagus spears and poached eggs recipe
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Asparagus spears and poached eggs recipe

Richard served asparagus spears with his fool-proof hollandaise sauce on Come Dine With Me Huddersfield

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