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Chicken Pesto Quesadillas

My family loves these easy pesto chicken quesadillas. I know pesto chicken sounds strange to put pesto into a quesadilla, but trust me, it works! Use your favorite store-bought pesto or make your own. Here’s our homemade pesto recipe!

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Ottolenghi’s jerk chicken

Give chicken thighs the Ottolenghi treatment with this easy jerk recipe from Yotam and his test kitchen team.

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Chilli soy scallops with ginger and spring onion oil

Tender meaty scallops are dressed with classic Cantonese accompaniments in this starter recipe: one punchy and savoury, full of soy sauce and chilli oil; the other bursting with the freshness of ginger and spring onion – everything in perfect balance.

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Ottolenghi’s potato salad

Try a German potato salad with pancetta, paprika and chives from the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen.

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Juicy Oven Pulled Pork

You’ll love this easy pulled pork spiced with a simple rub, garlic, tomato paste, and apple cider vinegar. It turns out perfectly seasoned, melt-in-your-mouth tender, and is excellent served in sandwiches, wraps, tacos, and salads.

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Easy Pumpkin Pancakes

We love these homemade pumpkin pancakes! They are not too sweet and have a hint of pumpkin spice to make them extra delicious. You can buy pumpkin pie spice or make it yourself. Here is our pumpkin pie spice recipe (I bet you have most if not all, of the spices already in your spice cabinet). For even more pumpkin flavor, serve these pancakes with homemade pumpkin butter.

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Easy Baked Wonton Cups

These baked wonton cups are the perfect blank canvas for your favorite flavors! To ensure you have enough cups for all your delicious fillings, bake a few extra wonton wrappers. Some may close up during baking, so it’s always good to have a few spares.

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Tamarind and coconut mussels with rice

Tangy tamarind, warming ginger and subtly chilli-infused coconut milk create a stunning, vibrant broth to cook mussels in. Served over rice, it’s a speedy dish that delivers serious comfort.

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Rosemary roast potatoes

Roast potatoes are secretly everyone’s favourite part of Christmas dinner. Regardless of how tender your turkey is or how many trimmings and sauces it comes with, if your roasties don’t hit the mark, there’ll be disgruntled elves all around the table. Thankfully, this rosemary roast potatoes recipe is failsafe, foolproof and fantastically flavourful.

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Perfect Shredded Beef Tacos

The secret to the best shredded beef is to cook it low and slow. We use our oven, but you can use a slow cooker. Check the notes section in the recipe below for my tips on cooking the beef in your slow cooker. I love serving this super tender beef in tortillas for shredded beef tacos, but you can skip the tortillas and serve with rice, in burritos, or over salad.

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Easy Mulled Cider

I love this easy mulled cider recipe. It’s equally delicious with and without the optional alcohol. A stovetop is the quickest method, but if you are entertaining, you may want to look at the slow cooker method in the tips below.

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Lemon Ginger Syrup

Use this Lemon Ginger Syrup to make cocktails, mocktails, herbal teas, and healthier sodas. Our homemade lemon ginger syrup starts with fresh ginger root, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and the perfect amount of sweetener to balance it all out. We love honey for this, but agave nectar or maple syrup are excellent substitutes.

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Chinese pork, drunken potatoes and nashi pear sauce

“Chinese roast pork is a classic, but pairing it with ‘drunken’ potatoes (braised in shaoxing wine) gives the dish a Sunday roast vibe,” says chef Yvonne Poon. “The nashi pear sauce works like a British apple sauce, bringing sweetness and acidity to balance the rich tender meat.”

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Tom Kerridge prawn cakes with dill mayonnaise

Sweet prawns are combined with spring onions, herbs and capers before being coated in crispy breadcrumbs in this top-level snack recipe by chef Tom Kerridge. The speedy dip comes together in minutes, as mayo, dill and cornichons are stirred together.

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Easy Chipotle Bean Chili

This vegetarian bean chili is super flexible! You can use either dried or canned beans (see tips below for using canned beans). This recipe is written for cooking with dried beans on the stovetop, but you can easily make it in a slow cooker, too (see below for slow cooker instructions)! We use chipotle peppers in adobo sauce for a delicious smoky heat. You can find small cans of these in the international aisle of most grocery stores. Two peppers make a mild-to-medium chili. Add one or two more peppers for a spicier chili, or use some of the adobo sauce from the can.

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Perfect Apple Butter

This slow cooker apple butter recipe is easy and delicious! Perfectly sweet, lightly spiced, and with a rich and concentrated apple flavor, it’s so much better than store-bought. The hard cider in this recipe makes slightly thinner apple butter. We love the flavor it adds and especially love the slight bitterness from the hard cider. If you find that your apple butter is too thin after cooking for our recommended times, don’t worry; we have provided tips in the recipe and tips section below.

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