RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Christmas doughnuts with mulled wine

  Trina Hahnemann’s vanilla doughnuts served with a comforting mug of warm and spicy mulled wine make a great party treat

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  Pork belly with chutney

  Peppery watercress and tart gooseberries are perfectly matched with melt-in-the-mouth pork in Matt Tebbutt’s weekend main course

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  Black pepper brownies

  Christine McFadden adds spice to these dark, dense and luxurious brownies – the pepper helps to balance their richness

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  Mixed grill Catalan style

  Mario Batali was lucky to have some espardeñas (sea cucumbers), so he mixed them with a few prawns, peppers, and onions to create a wonderful lunch.

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  Chicken tikka masala

  John Burton Race celebrates the British affection for Indian cooking by making this national favourite

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  Poached oysters with dill-pickled cucumber

  Impress guests with Adam Byatt's super-trendy starter, served with foamed oyster sauce

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  Dill sauce

  This healthy dill sauce is delicious with salmon or prawns, new potatoes and sugar snap peas - it also livens up a mixed leaf salad

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  Jaggery yogurt

  Bengalis love their sweets and with good reason, this cooling yogurt dessert, Bhapa doi, has a delicious caramel-like note

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  Carrot, courgette and coriander soup

  Go for triple the goodness with this tasteful carrot, courgette and coriander soup, enriched with dried porcini mushrooms

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  Grilled lobster with samphire and homemade salad cream

  Elegantly simple, John Quilter’s lobster dish would make a wonderful special occasion dinner for two