RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Black pudding scotch eggs

  Simon Rimmer combines quails’ eggs and black pudding to transform this old picnic favourite into a modern dinner party starter

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  Steamed salmon with black beans

  Salmon is not a Chinese fish although it is growing in popularity in cosmopolitan Hong Kong and Canton. Ken Hom shows you how east meets west

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  Poached and roasted grouse

  Sat Bains prepares an impressive dish for an autumn dinner party, using the new season’s grouse

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  Rack of lamb on Welsh onion cake

  Eleanor Smallwood’s Teisen nionod, or onion cake, is Welsh comfort food at its best – layers of potatoes and onion baked in butter until meltingly soft

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  White chocolate and avocado semi-freddo

  Aaron Craze makes an unusual dish using the forgotten fruit, avocadoes,which are eaten as a sweet in milkshakes and desserts across the world

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  Lamb shanks

  Antony Worrall Thompson gives lamb shanks a lift with long, slow cooking and a generous amount of red wine!

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  Pork vindaloo

  Kashmiri chillies are mild, giving this reputedly fiery curry depth of flavour without too much heat, from Goan cook Ananda Solomon

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  Shortbread served with set pot crème

  Claire Clarke shares her mother’s recipe for a traditional buttery shortbread – perfect with pumpkin-based custards

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  Chateaubriand with mustard Béarnaise and shoe string chips

  The king of steaks, Matt Tebbutt cooks up the ultimate dinner à deux for beef lovers

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  Lamb pasta

  Brian Davis serves up a wholesome one pot dish, packed with tender lamb shoulder, carrots, onions and sweet potato along with whole-wheat pasta