RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Latvian gingerbread biscuits

  Enjoy a traditional Christmas treat with Martin Blunos's recipe for fragrant, home-made gingerbread biscuits

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  Coconut and lime smoothie

  A comfortingly sweet milky drink, this coconut smoothie is delicious poured over crushed ice

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  Lemon posset

  With only 3 ingredients, Claire Clark's classic pudding must be one of the easiest you can make

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  Pork chops with morels

  For a quick dinner, try Arthur Potts Dawson's juicy pan-fried pork chops with mushrooms, broad beans, thyme and mustard

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  Black truffle focaccia

  Gennaro Contaldo makes an indulgent Italian bread with a potato, onion and black truffle topping

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  Soft chocolate cake with crema di mascarpone

  Theo Randall uses top-quality Valhrona chocolate to make this most decadent of desserts with a marsala wine-spiked mascarpone cream

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  Aubergine funghetto

  Aaron Craze cooks a classic Tuscan dish of stewed aubergines with red onion, garlic, tomatoes and herbs served on bread, adding anchovies and capers for a twist

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  Moroccan fish cakes with hot pepper sauce

  Gurnard, a firm, white-fleshed fish, combines with harissa (a hot chilli paste) and other Moroccan flavourings in Diana Henry’s extra spicy fish cakes.

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  Veggie cottage pie

  Leeks and purple sprouting broccoli give a springtime lift to this veggie cottage pie

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  Bucatini with bacon and mascarpone

  Matt Tebbutt’s cheap and easy-to-prepare pasta dish uses a piece of bacon to make a stock - a great thrifty tip