Mary’s easy crowd pleasers

Crowd-pleasing recipes, made for sharing

Crowd-pleasing recipes, made for sharing

This is a light cure, unlike gravadlax, which takes a couple of days. You can marinate the salmon overnight, but rinse off the cure in the morning. ■ Serves 8 ■ Prep 25 mins plus 6 hrs curing ■ Cook 2

SERVES 4-6 PREP 20 mins plus cooling COOK 50 mins EASY 1 medium pumpkin or butternutsquash2 tbsp olive or rapeseed oilpinch of Aleppo chilli flakes, plusextra to serve (optional)3 tbsp maple syrup100g

We’ve used a few clever tricks that don’t involve much extra work to deliver our most succulent turkey yet, along with crispy, herby skin. The ease of this recipe means you’ll have plenty of time to g

This impressive plan-ahead Christmas lunch from Flora Shedden is a mouthwatering mix of traditional recipes and deliciously unexpected flavours