RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Dahl and chapattis

  Jo Wood’s red lentil dahl is served with fresh chapattis made with whole-wheat flour – they’re easier to prepare than you might think

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  Dressed crab

  Rachel Allen offers an alternative to traditional dressed crab - crabmeat topped with white sauce and buttered crumbs served in the shell

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  Shortbread

  For a light buttery flavour try James Martin's grandmother's mouth-in-the-mouth shortbread

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  Roasted red pepper soup with tiger prawns and scallops

  Brimming with colour and bursting with flavour, Mike Robinson's easy shellfish soup makes a great summer starter or light lunch

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  Scallop and bacon salad

  Brian Turner updates the traditional British combination of seafood and bacon by presenting them in a fresh and tasty salad

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  Negroni cocktail

  Neat gin, Martini and Campari make up this colourful cocktail from Tristan Stephenson

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  Rabbit wrapped in serrano ham

  Paul Heathcote makes a stunning dinner party dish with both slow-cooked rabbit leg and pan-fried loin with a rich red wine sauce

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  Ale-glazed pork chop

  Tony Hadley and Aneke Spacie’s pork chops are smothered in a richly flavoured ale and apple juice glaze, accompanied by sweet caramelised apples

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  Fruit dumplings

  Apricots, blueberries and plums are the secrets hidden inside these Lady Grenfell-Baines' light dumplings

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  Pierogi

  Robert Kusy shows John Torode his version of traditional Polish dumplings with cabbage and fried bacon