ROCKET & SQUASH | A Cook's Digest | by Ed Smith

ROCKET & SQUASH | A Cook's Digest | by Ed Smith

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ROCKET & SQUASH | A Cook's Digest | by Ed Smith
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Supplemental #12 | A Festive Special

Supplemental #12 | A Festive Special

A quick round-up of recent Christmassy recipes

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How cute do these Bûche de Noël cookies look?! Links to this and many more crackers below. (Images from the NYT. Photo: Julia Gartland. Food: Samantha Seneviratne. Props: Megan Hedgpeth)

Much of the broadsheet cookery content since the last Supplemental has been Christmas-focused. To include these recipes in the ‘December round-up’ (which will be published in January …) would be somewhat after the horse had bolted. So here’s a festive special / emergency issue, which includes yet more ideas for edible gifting, hosting, caking, pudding and more.

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If you don’t fancy upgrading but are scrabbling for festive food ideas, then:

(a) have a look at the festive recipes collated in this post (free for all to read):

Supplemental # 11 | November's Recipe Round-up

Supplemental # 11 | November's Recipe Round-up

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November 29, 2024
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or (b) re-consider, so that you can read my treatise on Christmas sides and trimmings (there are 16 recipes in it — essentially everything you need to go alongside your centrepiece):

On The Side #10 | The Christmas trimmings

On The Side #10 | The Christmas trimmings

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December 6, 2024
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Those recipes include creamed shredded sprouts, which is one of my favourite dishes ever. I’d eat it every day, not just for Christmas, if I exercised more. (It’s a marginally better watch on Instagram, but this video gives you decent idea.)

Anyway. Those additional Christmassy recipes….


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