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A chef’s Christmas: Festive favourites from some of Ireland’s best-known chefs

Darina Allen, Paul Flynn, Catherine Fulvio and Neven Maguire share well-loved sweet and savoury dishes for all the family to enjoy

Darina Allen: cooking for more than 20 people on Christmas day. Picture: Clare Keogh

It’s that time of year when home chefs will be either planning their festive menu with glee or dreading the prospect of creating a show-stopping meal for family and friends.

But it doesn’t have to be too complicated, and in order to make the task a little easier we have asked some of Ireland’s best-known chefs for their favourite dishes to cook at Christmas time.

Darina Allen, founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School in Cork, is ...