RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Konafa

  Nuts and dried fruit are combined to make this tooth-achingly delicious Arabic pastry from Fatima Muganzi

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  Chicken kiev

  Chicken Kiev is one of those old favourites that everyone loves, especially the kids - Ainsley Harriott's version is served with a smooth butter bean purée

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  Baked polenta with Gruyère

  A tasty meat-free snack of baked polenta and cheese stacks from Clodagh McKenna

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  Braised lamb shanks with champ

  A lip-smacking stew from Tamasin Day-Lewis - meaty lamb shanks in a tangy sauce with buttery spring onion mash

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  Sage granita

  Hints of sage and aniseed add a deliciously different note to this cool dessert from Ed Baines

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  Andalusian pork

  James Martin's recipe for this gutsy, simple dish, from southern Spain, is a great way of cooking pork

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  Rice and peas

  Junior Francis shows Gary Rhodes how to make this traditional Caribbean dish, which is the perfect accompaniment to high spiced meat or poultry dishes. It should really be called rice and beans though, since there is not a pea in sight.

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  Strawberry and white chocolate cheesecake

  Silvana Franco shares a cheat’s recipe for this luxurious, no-baking required summer dessert

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  Baked egg custard and nougatine 'soldiers'

  Tristan Welch’s dessert is a cute play on egg and soldiers - a set egg custard served in the egg shell with nougatine ‘soldiers’ on the side

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  Sea bass with rock salt crust

  Wow your guests by removing the blanket of salt and serving the fish at the dinner table