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With a little extra effort Christmas can be cracking
Henry Harris's whole baked Vacherin
Caroline Waldegrave's truffle toasts
Chris Galvin's iced oysters and hot spicy chorizo
Paul Merrett's gravadlax sashimi with beetroot sorbet
Armagnac and chestnut ice-cream
A simple idea from the caterer turned food consultant.
A 950g/2lb pumpkin
A little olive oil
100g/4oz Gruyère, grated
150ml/5fl oz double cream
Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Peel and deseed pumpkin and cut into small squares, about 3cm (1in) across. Make a hollow in centre of each. Drizzle with olive oil and place in oven on a baking tray. Mix cheese with cream. After 10 to 15 minutes, when the pumpkin is almost cooked, remove from oven and spoon a blob of cheese mixture into the dimple in each pumpkin square. Return to oven for a few minutes until pumpkin is soft.
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