RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Raspberry and elderflower trifle

  Paul Rankin is proud of his trifle combination; however feel free to use up what you have in the house: biscuits instead of Madeira cake, raspberries instead of blackberries… After all isn’t that just how trifles came about in the first place?

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  Bangers and mash

  Aaron Craze serves up British favourite bangers and mash with a slightly unusual, yet delicious, twist.

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  Russian wild mushroom soup with farro

  With its Russian origins, Diana Henry’s hearty mushroom soup is sure to hit the spot on a freezing day

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  Bologna burger

  A hearty mixture of pork, veal and beef mince makes for a beautifully toothsome burger in a recipe by Arthur Potts Dawson

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  Chicken som tum

  Allegra McEvedy translates the sharp and sour flavours of a traditional Thai salad, usually made with green papaya, into a rather more meaty affair

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  Chocolate cake

  For an easy treat, try Gioconda Scott's rich and tipsy chocolate cake, flavoured with lashings of brandy

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  Rum and pumpkin tart with bitter chocolate

  A wickedly indulgent dessert from Giorgio Locatelli: meltingly crisp pastry filled with caramelised pumpkin, rum and oozing bitter chocolate

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  Lamb with yogurt marinade

  Slake lamb cutlets with Caroline Hire's zesty mint-flecked sauce for tender barbecued meat

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  Spaghetti carbonara

  Aaron Craze adds a sprinkling of fresh marjoram to classic carbonara

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  Pistachio and cardamom cake with warm spiced figs

  Transport yourself to the Arabian Nights with Diana Henry's beautiful spiced cake