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• Poached Pike in Aspic
  The fish is poached, then set in a savoury vegetable stock. Traditionally carp is used because it is a symbol of strength, but you can also use pike, ...
  
  
• Seafood Salad
  Octopus, squid and shrimp — traditionally part of Italian-Canadian family feasts — are combined with scallops in this deluxe salad. ...
  
  
• Hazelnut and Almond Meringues
  There are many special sweets of Italian origin, but these pinocchiate are among the best.
  
  
• Red Beans and Walnuts with Garlic Sauce
  To say that beans are a substitute for meat seems to imply that they're inferior. Nothing could be further from the truth — just try this lus...
  
  
• Coulibiac of Salmon with Dill
  Coulibiac — a fine pie of salmon, eggs, dill and rice — is nontraditional, but a wonderful fish buffet dish. Although it can be made...
  
  
• Whole Baked Fish with Hazelnut Stuffing
  A whole fish is included in many Christmas Eve suppers. Here, toasted hazelnuts add their special buttery taste and crunch to a savoury stuffing.
  
  
• Salt Cod Poached with Tomatoes and Peppers
  Salt cod is a natural for a Christmas buffet. Although it's often deep fried, this version is poached so there's no last-minute fussing
  
  
• Broccoli and Cauliflower with Garlic and Oil
  Often the simplest approach to vegetables is the best. And while most party-givers avoid the whole question of hot vegetables at a buffet, this festiv...
  
  
• Orange Honey Cake
  This is medivnyk, a mellow, lightly spiced honey cake — one of the sweet endings to a Ukrainian Holy Night supper
  
  
• Winter Fruit Kompot
  A medley of poached dried fruits — apricots, prunes, raisins, apples, peaches and pears — is handsome in a tall glass pitcher or cry...
  
  
• Poppy Seed Butter Cookies
  These buttery rounds sprinkled with poppy seeds are a beautiful contrast in taste and appearance to the usual Christmas nut-and-fruit confections. A p...
  
  
• Struffali di Natale
  It takes just minutes to make these fruit-and-nut balls when you use a food processor.
  
  
• Kourambiedes
  Each of these almond shortbreads is studded with a whole clove, a symbol of the Magi's gift of spices to the Christ Child. Kourambiedes...