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Cranberries
Add cranberries to braised red cabbage and into fruity tagines, but don’t forget to sweeten with honey. Cranberry sauce is so simple to prepare, just combine orange zest and juice with the whole berries and sugar to taste, add a slug of port, simmer until they start to ‘pop’ then chill until ready to use.
Cranberry puree can be swirled through cream or ice cream to go with warm mince pies too!

Grapefruit
Try making a version of curd using these zingy citrus fruits instead of lemon.
Make a quick grapefruit relish by heating fenugreek seeds, turmeric, cumin seeds and chilli in hot oil then briskly sautéing 1cm diced flesh and pith until just softened. Serve with spiced meats or with salty cheese.
Don’t forget that old breakfast classic either- glaze with demerara sugar under a hot salamander and serve with a cherry on top!!

Chestnuts
Prepare fritters with self raising flour, coarsely chopped chestnuts, hazelnuts and icing sugar, bring together with sparkling water, then drop walnut sized pieces into hot oil. When golden, roll in caster sugar spiked with cinnamon.
Grate cooked chestnuts, then rub into crumble topping to combine with winter fruits.
Or fry whole chestnuts in butter until golden, then serve on top of winter soups instead of croutons