RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Spiced crème brûlée with coffee syrup

  Instead of the traditional crunchy top, Tom Aikens adorns fragrant baked custard with a dark, sticky sauce

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  Fig crostata

  A fruity tart with vanilla-flecked pastry that would be equally well received at a picnic or dinner party, from Giancarlo Caldesi

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  Spicy moules mariniere

  Andrew Turner looks to south-east Asia for an inspired touch to traditional mussels cooked in white wine and cream, using piquant herbs, spices and coconut milk

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  Carrot and cashew crisp with hot lentil salad

  This delicious vegetarian dish from Marise Maddison combines the sweet flavours of carrot and toasted cashew with hot puy lentil salad and an orange and cardamom sauce

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  Salt-crusted sea bass with a salad of pourpier

  James Martin puts unusual ingredients to use in his salt-baked fish dish with pork and purslane salad

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  Neck fillet of lamb with mozzarella and tapanade

  The neck fillet of lamb is an inexpensive cut and full of flavour, especially with these Mediterranean flavours.

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  Asparagus with pancetta and poached egg

  Arthur Potts Dawson makes a deceptively simple but delicious dish with new season asparagus

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  Salt and pepper squid with mango chutney

  Jamie Oliver’s crispy squid is perfectly complemented by home-made mango chutney and a fragrant herb salad.

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  Mrs stephenson's cucumber mousse

  This light and lovely mousse from Mrs Stephenson makes a stylish starter of an elegant buffet dish

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  Spicy pork balls wrapped in lettuce leaves with Thai herbs

  There's more to mince then boring spag bol spice-up minced pork with Tom Parker Bowles