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Seasonal ingredients in December

Quintessential turkey and Brussels sprouts are at their best at the tail-end of the year, while jewel-bright pomegranates and sweet, juicy clementines bring verve and zing to the party.

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  • Cheesy curried swede and bean pie
  • Cornish steak pasty
  • Haggis, neeps and tatties
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Showing 1 - 14 of 14 recipes

Vegan leek and potato soup

by Tim Maddams
Light meals & snacks

Vegan Thai red curry

by Antony Worrall Thompson
Main course

Vegan Wellington

by Justine Pattison
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Vegetable and chorizo soup

by Sam and Mark
Light meals & snacks

Vegetable casserole with dumplings

by Sarah Cook
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Vegetarian nut roast pie with cranberries

by Lorraine Pascale
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Vegetarian pigs in blankets

by Philippa Davis
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Vegetarian sausage casserole

by Lucy Parker
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Vegetarian sausage rolls

by Becca Spry
Light meals & snacks

Veggie shepherd’s pie

by Lorraine Pascale
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Venison casserole

by Elizabeth Guy
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Venison Dartmouth pie

by Jane Baxter
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Venison, chicken liver and Armagnac terrine

by James Martin
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Vichyssoise soup

by Vanessa Redgrave
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