RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Green vegetable curry

  Home-made paste gives Keith Floyd's Thai Green Curry authenticity - from Keith Floyd's Thai Food

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  Spicy pumpkin coconut soup

  Spice up your Halloween with Simon Rimmer's richly aromatic roast pumpkin soup, complete with a chilli kick

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  BBQ chicken with salbitxada sauce

  Bill Granger’s chicken recipe is a taste of hot Spanish sun, served with a delicious Catalan sauce of tomatoes, almonds and garlic

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  Onion and cheese tart

  Nigel Slater makes a large, thin onion tart - perfect for entertaining lots of people

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  Mussel topped coley parcels

  Seafish's moist coley steaks topped with mussels and infused with mouth-watering Mediterranean flavours are served in their paper parcels. Created for Seafood Week

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  Pork chops with caramelised bananas and honey

  Clodagh Mckenna makes a daring combination of pork and potatoes with stick-sweet glazed bananas

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  Fabada

  Mario Batali makes a Spanish favourite - a white bean and pork stew from the wild mountains of Asturias

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  Vanilla cheesecake

  Amanda Lamb serves up her favourite cheesecake - her brother's!

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  Best end of lamb with creamed Brussels sprouts

  A slick of verdant thyme oil brings the best out of Richard Phillips's lamb dish

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  Venison steaks with beetroot and horseradish pesto

  From A Cook's Tour of Scotland by Sue Lawrence. The contrasting flavours of venison and beetroot are a match made in heaven. The pesto can be made a day or so in advance