RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Coffee meringue with cream and summer fruits

  Galton Blackiston’s dessert looks dramatic, but is a cinch to make - just be sure your oven is turned down really low and you give the meringue a good hour and a half

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  Sugar glazed pork skewers

  Bill Granger’s pork skewers are glazed with sugar and pomegranate molasses, and are lush served with homemade mango chutney and creamed corn

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  Strawberry and raspberry crumble tartlets

  Served with rich homemade vanilla ice cream, Tony Tobin delicious summer-fruit tartlets are a perfect garden-party dessert

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  Crab samosas with tomato and chive dip

  Reza Mahammad’s crispy samosas were a huge hit with comedian Sanjeev Bhasker, who found them dangerously irresistible when filming Dehli Belly

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  Honey roast duck confit with tomato beans

  James Martin gives rich duck confit a mouth-watering bite with piquant red wine sauce and serves it with tasty tomato and butterbeans

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  Lemon and ginger posset

  Diana Henry’s smooth and creamy dessert gets an extra flavour punch when served with juicy poached loquat fruits

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  Apple and quince tart with honey and hazelnut crème fraiche

  Perfumed quince puree takes apple tart to another dimension in James Martin’s stunning yet simple recipe

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  Chilli crab with Asian scented rice

  James Martin serves sweet and spicy crabmeat with fragrant herb-flecked rice

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  Lemongrad

  A zesty cocktail sweetened with elderflower cordial and spiked with vodka from Tristan Stephenson

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  Braised lamb shanks with barley broth

  This slow braise from Peter Gordon yields two courses: a hearty barley broth to start, then a bowl of herby pasta topped with the meltingly tender lamb meat