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  Afghani aubergine casserole

  Reza Mahammed shares a delightful vegetarian recipe of tender aubergines baked with passata and mint and topped with Greek yogurt

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  Seafood platter with tamarind sauce

  Appease even the Kitchen Gods with this refreshingly exotic seafood smorgasbord, from Nancy Lam

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  Austrian apple strudel

  Margaret Rees takes no shortcuts making the paper thin pastry and spiced apple filling for this traditional Austrian pudding

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  Spicy moules mariniere

  Andrew Turner looks to south-east Asia for an inspired touch to traditional mussels cooked in white wine and cream, using piquant herbs, spices and coconut milk

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  Mountain sausages in white wine (diots au vin blanc)

  Mike Robinson puts a spin on cooking flavoursome sausages -an ideal meal to come home to after being outdoors,

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  Gnocchi ravioli primavera in a lemon butter broth

  Aaron Craze's interpretation of Gennaro Contaldo's recipe combines fresh spring vegetables in ravioli-shaped gnocchi

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  Waffle cream brownie

  We challenged Tom Aikens to put his twist on the classic 99 ice cream - here is what he came up with

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  Baby guinness chocolate puddings

  Clodagh McKenna makes chocolate mousse with a difference served in baby beer glasses

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  Toffee apples

  Relive nostalgic childhood memories with Roopa Gulati's crackingly good toffee-coated apples

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  Lobster with garlic butter

  Nothing goes better with lobster than garlic butter, and lots of it.