1. Paul Clerehugh's perfect Christmas cake

Making a Christmas cake can be a disaster but it doesn’t need to be that way.

If you want to make the perfect cake here’s the answer.

2. Partridge in a Pear Salad

This is a good seasonal dish – all the ingredients in this week’s recipe are at their best and readily available.

3. Don't miss your Christmas food monthly

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4. The best possible taste

Forget slippers and smellies – what all red-blooded foodies really want is meat

5. Tarte Tatin

This dish has been made famous by the Tatin sisters, who ran their little restaurant in the Loire Valley.

6. Recipe for Apple Charlotte

Traditionally, a “Charlotte” is encased in thinly sliced bread.

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8. Tuscan Fish Stew with Shellfish and Gremolata

This is a great warming autumn dish. It’s designed for sharing and makes a fantastic family stew or an easy dinner party dish that’s guaranteed to impress.

9. Chestnut and Apple Soup

Use the excellent vac-packed peeled chestnuts that are widely available. Or take some fresh chestnuts in the shell, nick them from centre to pointed top, at right angles to base.

10. Treacle tart

Some cooks and restaurants get awfully fancy with treacle tarts – putting pecan nuts in it, adding a pointless pastry lattice on top.