The first Saturday before Christmas is always Pigeon Cottage party time – a house packed with friends, family, neighbours, good food, lots of chatter and laughter, the odd glass of wine or three, the team quiz and, for the late-night party animals, the infamous Kümmel Club! I’m always being asked for the recipes so here are the ones already published on the site. Merry Xmas!

• Dunham’s Lincolnshire ham & Autumn Gold Piccalilli
• Rare roast beef with horseradish sauce
• Mr Hubbard’s marinated cocktail sausages 
• Pigeon Cottage Party Sausage Rolls
• Fennel and Feta Salad
• Fennel orange and white cabbage slaw
• Celeriac Remoulade
• Smoked salmon with sour cream, cucumber and dill sauce
• Smoked mackerel pâté
• Pigeon Cottage potato salad
• Tomato salad with sherry vinegar dressing
• Red cabbage slaw
• Red rice with feta
• Italian meat selection with figs
• Pâté selection
• Cheese selection with Red Plum Lime and Coriander Chutney

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