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Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings
A rib of beef roasted to a rosy centre, rested properly, and carved thick, with Yorkshire puddings risen tall in…
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Centrepieces and celebration dishes for the days that matter. 37 tested recipes, ranked by what readers cook most.
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Classic Pumpkin Pie
A silky custard pie with proper spice and a blind-baked base that stays crisp. Cooking the purée down first…
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Herb-Butter Roast Turkey
A dry-brined, herb-buttered turkey that comes out with crisp skin and breast meat that is actually juicy…
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Gingerbread Cookies
Cut-out gingerbread that holds a sharp edge, tastes strongly of spice and molasses, and stays chewy rather than…
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Beef Wellington
Fillet of beef wrapped in mushroom duxelles and prosciutto, encased in puff pastry and baked until the pastry is…
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Feijoada Brasileira
Brazil's national dish: black beans slow-cooked with an armoury of smoked and salted pork, served with rice, collard…
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Olivier Salad
Diced potato, carrot, egg, pickle and ham bound in mayonnaise. Known as Russian salad almost everywhere else, and…
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Pork Tamales
Masa whipped with lard until it floats, wrapped around chilli-braised pork in corn husks and steamed until it sets…
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Peking Duck
Lacquered, glass-crisp skin carved off a duck that has been air-dried for a full day, wrapped in thin pancakes with…
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Lamb Mandi
Yemeni lamb steamed over spiced rice until it falls off the bone, then finished with a piece of burning charcoal…
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Sauerbraten
Beef marinated in vinegar and wine for three days, then braised and served with a sweet-sour gravy thickened with…
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Mole Poblano
Puebla's legendary sauce: more than twenty ingredients — chillies, nuts, seeds, spices, dried fruit and chocolate —…
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Kutia
Wheat berries simmered soft and dressed with poppy seed milk, honey and walnuts — the first of the twelve dishes of…
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Vánočka
A nine-strand braided Christmas bread from Bohemia, enriched with butter and egg yolk and studded with rum-soaked…
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Julekake
Norwegian Christmas bread scented heavily with cardamom and full of candied peel and raisins — softer and less sweet…
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Joulutorttu
Finnish Christmas stars: rough puff pastry pinwheels folded round a spoonful of dark prune jam, dusted with icing…
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Cozonac
The Romanian Easter and Christmas bread: a rich yeasted dough rolled round a thick swirl of ground walnut and cocoa…
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Pan de Jamón
The Venezuelan Christmas loaf: a soft sweet dough rolled round ham, streaky bacon, green olives and raisins, so each…
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Bibingka
Filipino rice cake baked in a banana leaf over Christmas, topped with salted egg and cheese and finished with butter…
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Christstollen
Dresden Christstollen: a dense fruit bread heavy with rum-soaked fruit and marzipan, buttered and sugared while hot…
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Prime Rib Roast
A standing rib roast cooked low until the whole joint is one shade of pink, then blasted at the end for the crust…
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Green Bean Casserole
The Thanksgiving standard rebuilt from ingredients rather than tins: a real mushroom velouté, blanched beans that…
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Sweet Potato Casserole
Roasted rather than boiled sweet potatoes, so the sugars concentrate instead of leaching into the water, under a…
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Sage and Onion Stuffing
Dried bread, a great deal of butter, onions cooked properly and enough stock that the middle stays soft while the…
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Cranberry Sauce
Fifteen minutes, four ingredients, and better than anything in a jar. The pectin in the berries does the setting, so…
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Pigs in Blankets
Chipolatas wrapped in streaky bacon and roasted hot until the bacon is lacquered and crisp. Stretching the bacon…
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Honey Glazed Ham
A gammon joint simmered in cider, then scored, studded and glazed in a hot oven until the honey lacquers and…
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Roast Goose
The Christmas bird before turkey took over: dark, rich meat under skin that crackles, and about a litre of the best…
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Mince Pies
Homemade mincemeat matured for a day, in a sweet shortcrust rich enough to hold together in the hand. Butter rather…
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Christmas Pudding
Steamed for six hours, then left to mature for as long as you have. The long steam is what turns a bowl of dried…
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Bread Sauce
Milk infused with onion, clove and bay, then thickened with nothing but breadcrumbs. Older than gravy, better than…
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Potato Latkes
Grated potato and onion, wrung out hard, bound with egg and a spoonful of the potato's own starch, and fried until…
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Sufganiyot
Enriched doughnuts fried without a hole and filled after the fact, so the jam is a surprise rather than a topping…
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Galette des Rois
Two discs of puff pastry around a frangipane, scored in a sunburst and glazed to a mirror. There is a bean hidden…
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Bûche de Noël
A rolled chocolate sponge filled with cream, coated in ganache and dragged with a fork into bark. The sponge is…
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Panforte di Siena
A flat, dense Sienese slab of nuts, dried fruit and spice held together by nothing but boiled honey and sugar…
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Simnel Cake
A light fruit cake with a disc of marzipan baked through the middle and eleven balls on top, one for each apostle…
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