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Grated winter veg with a tasty warming light curry sauce. By Nigel Slater
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Tantalisingly crisp outside, meltingly soft inside, these Indian-style broccoli bhaji bites are the perfect foil for a tangy, crunchy salad -
Paola Bacchia’s travelogue Istria is the inspiration for this fusion of Hungarian and Italian cuisines in a dish of velvety mushrooms and peppers made stellar by a final flourish of cream -
Hot, sharp and tart dishes to shake up a winter’s day -
Spam is a shining beacon of culinary innovation through hardship, and represents a complex history across many cultures
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This staple of hot chips, pies and sausage sizzles also works brilliantly in everything from Japanese-style pasta to Malaysian fried rice -
For Iberian flavour year round, fill the freezer with summer salsa and stock your pantry with good olive oil, sherry vinegar and lots of garlic, so one of Spain’s classic base sauces will always be mere moments away -
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Melted cheese is always good, and especially on the gloomiest of days: indulge in this German spin on mac’n’cheese, or a Georgian bread filled with a lake of cheese and egg, or winter veg on super-cheesy mash
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At this time of year, we could all do with something a bit euphoric, and this simple. five-ingredient pasta dish will surely get the endorphins racing -
Herbs, cheese, meat … you can freeze pretty much anything without damaging them. Here’s how -
The perfect sustenance: black-eyed peas with allspice, lamb noodles with sesame sprinkle, and hot-and-sour soup with cabbage and beansprouts -
This warm salad of sweet quince, sharp blue cheese and pink leaves contrasts beautifully with the clean, rich flavour of venison. Just add chips
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Upcycle leftover lemon rinds into this oh-so-tasty vegan dessert inspired by the River Cafe’s famous tart -
What better way to use up a surplus of dried fruit than to make one of the finest biscuits ever invented? -
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Tender, meaty mushrooms in a rich, umami-packed sauce with mildly spicy overtones, and a rich, creamy mushroom risotto with a super-savoury nooch topping -
Warm, rich and comforting food to nourish and sustain -
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An easy, sweet, fruity treat -
Do trifles come more festive than this spicy number using seasonal clementines and ginger cake on a bed of mulled wine jelly?
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A shortcut to delicious: buy in the pastry, fruit and mincemeat, and all you have to do is whip up a creamy frangipane. It’s super-adaptable, too
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A rare delve into recipes without Yotam’s signature arsenal of spices, and featuring just five main ingredients: charred prawns with lime coconut dressing, cabbage with pistachio butter, and onion pasta with nuts -
This almost endlessly adaptable Thai soup vibrates with flavour, and is just what you need to cut through the festive fug -
Sweet and smoky chargrilled hispi cabbage in a classic dressing and served on garlic-rubbed toasts – supper’s looking up
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January is a month for nourishment rather than self-denial, and this blissful, silky-smooth soup ticks all the right boxes -
A starter of crisp, samosa-like parcels and a sensational, coconutty chickpea stew, with not an animal product in sight
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This wonderful chickpea curry is easy to make and works equally well as a main course or side -
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Beans, muffins, fried rice and your faithful friend the egg: all warming alternatives to oaty mush -
The chef behind Sydney’s most authentic Mexican food shares her feast of a breakfast – which is worth the intensive prep -
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A Mexican-inspired twist on the classic old fashioned -
Winter fruit, Japanese rice vodka, and rooibos and honey tea deliver a crisp, clean hit -
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