RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Squirrel kebabs with pease pudding and lovage

  Zebedee Helm's old-fashioned dish is for the adventurous: pease pudding puree with the celery-like herb lovage and barbecued squirrel

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  Quick chicken and mushroom pie

  For a quickly prepared meal try James Martin's tasty pie, which uses shop-bought foodstuffs to great effect

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  Chicken satay

  Everybody's takeaway favourite, chicken satay is incredibly easy to make at home.

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  Cherry pithiviers

  Crisp pastry, yielding to a deliciously moist almond filling is a classic celebration of French baking at its best - try this recipe by Rick Stein...

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  Crepas de cajeta

  Sweeten up your guests with Thomasina Miers' irresistible pancakes using the Mexican caramel, cajeta

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  Lemon drizzle cake

  A zippy lemon sponge glazed with a delicate sugar crust from Eleanor Smallwood

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  Grilled lamb cutlets with salsa verde

  Celebrate spring flavours with Ben Tish’s dish of lamb with jersey royal potatoes peppered with piquillo peppers and a richly flavoured salsa verde

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  Cheesy Rooster Pancakes

  Ring the changes and make a meal out of Andrew Fairlie’s healthy mustardy potato pancakes…

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  Welsh rarebit

  Tom Parker Bowles rustles up a treat that dates back to the 18th century - with ale and mustard, cheese on toast never tasted so good!

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  Minnan spring roll

  Gary Rhodes makes a soft pancake spring roll filled with pork and seafood, typical of the Fujian region of China