RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pork larb

  For a low-fat dish bursting with flavour, try this recipe for Laos' classic pork dish from Tom Parker Bowles

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  Braised pigs’ cheeks and chorizo with mash

  Aaron Craze makes an unusual dish using the forgotten fruit, avocadoes,which are eaten as a sweet in milkshakes and desserts across the world

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  Seared escalopes of wild salmon

  It is very much a last-minute dish from Rick Stein so make sure everything is ready before you start. If using farmed salmon, pay a little extra and go for the best

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  Duck with passion fruit, maple syrup and whisky

  Arthur Potts Dawson makes pan-fried duck with an exotic sweet and tangy sauce

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  Soupe au pistou

  Matthew Fort cooks a delicious summer soup using tomato and basil-packed pistou, the Niçoise version of pesto

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  Ploughman's lunch with own-made chutney

  Carol Wilson's selection of splendid cheese from North West England is served with delicious, quick-to-make fruit chutney

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  Warm mushroom salad

  Celia Brooks Brown stirs up a sensational warm salad of creamy garlic and mascarpone mushrooms laced with Madeira

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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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  Orange roulade

  Bitter orange marmalade and billowy whipped cream make a truly tempting filling for this golden springy roulade from Claire Macdonald

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  Roast belly pork with gooseberry sauce

  Lawrence Keogh fires the oven up to maximum to get perfect crisp crackling, then lowers the heat to ensure meltingly tender meat