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Holiday Specials recipes

Centrepieces and celebration dishes for the days that matter. 137 recipes, in a suggested order.

These are the dishes that come out once a year: roasts, festive bakes and puddings. Many can be partly made ahead, and the storage notes say how. Plan the day backwards from the recipe that needs the oven longest, and fit the rest around it.

The 137 recipes come from 28 cuisines; the largest groups are American (56), British (19), German (12), Italian (9) and French (4). Of these, 11 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Brown Sugar Ham Glaze (15 min), Spiderweb Dip (15 min) and Eggnog French Toast (25 min). For 97, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 65 easy, 54 medium and 18 hard.

As written, 92 are vegetarian, 5 vegan, 34 gluten-free and 29 dairy-free. Another 3 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.