RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Beetroot, st. tola cheese and herb salad

  The creamy Irish goats' cheese, St. Tola, is perfectly complemented by earthy beetroot and fresh herbs in Matthew Fort's quick recipe

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  Chocolate simnel cake

  Matt Tebbutt’s chocolate simnel cake is made with two types of marzipan sandwiched between sponge and topped with chocolate truffles and glazed almonds

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  Chimichangas

  Ainsley Harriott's fried Mexican tortillas are stuffed with a spicy tomato sauce, red peppers and slices of chicken thigh

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  Hummous and salad

  Aaron Craze serves a pimped-up hummous with a refreshing salad on the side.

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  Hot mussel soup

  This clean-tasting herby broth by Nigel Slater has plenty of aromatic flavours - ideal as a winter warming treat

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  Minestrone with pancetta

  Sophie Grigson shares her family’s favourite recipe for this famous Italian export

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  Crispy duck

  This delicious recipe from Cherry Valley for twice-cooked crispy duck tantalises the taste buds with its spicy flavours

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  Yorkshire pudding

  Tana Ramsay shares the secrets for golden, risen Yorkshire puddings every time

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  Mushroom risotto

  Giorgio Locatelli's recipe for creamy risotto, richly flavoured with wild and dried mushrooms, couldn't be easier to follow

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  Gooseberry and elderflower fool

  Taste the essence of summer in Andrew Webb’s ambrosial combination of gooseberry, elderflower and softly whipped cream