RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Peaches and brioche

  Aaron Craze serves the ultimate summer dessert of ripe, juicy peaches with lashings of sweet buttery caramel

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  Potato salad

  Ainsley Harriott's simple, snazzy salad makes a posh sunshine supper for two - it's delicious served with a wedge of crusty garlic bread

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  Gingerbread cake

  A sticky gingerbread flecked with pieces of stem ginger from Jeannie Gye.

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  Red snapper with refried beans

  Thomasina Miers’ Mexican-inspired fish dish is a healthy combination of fish, beans and tomato salsa

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  Ginger nut key lime pie

  A taste of sunny USA is encapsulated in this zesty dessert by Charita Jones

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  Mini iced buns

  A real winner with young children, these iced buns are small enough to vanish in one bite - just the thing for kids parties

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  Italian antipasti plate

  For a fabulous couldn't-be-easier starter, do an Italian job and simply buy in some deli-delicious goodies, as Jo Pratt suggests

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  Herb omelettes stuffed with ricotta

  Orlando Murrin’s thin delicate omelettes are left to cool, then rolled up around a ricotta filling and sliced in the style of sushi -tasty, elegant and all ready in advance

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  Mixed berry cake

  Simon Rimmer makes a delicious berry-studded sponge cake with a sweet, tangy sauce

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  Chicory and gai choi salad with cold roast pheasant

  Matthew Fort's delightful winter salad is a perfect way to perk up leftover cold cuts of meat