RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Paella

  Mario Batali uses pimentón to give a wonderful smoky flavour to the traditional Spanish seafood dish

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  Ratatouille

  Enjoy the best vegetables the summer has to offer in this healthy, meat-free dish from Tana Ramsay

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  Spicy meatballs

  Wendy Syke’s way of turning minced beef into delicious meatballs served in a coconut-based, spicy tomato sauce is comfort food at its best

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  Bulgur pilaf with toasted almonds and dried fruit

  Fluff up your ideas with this light pilaf, full of succulent slivers of dried apricot and prunes and crunchy toasted nuts

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  Huevos revueltos

  Jill Dupleix livens up breakfast in this recipe for Spanish scrambled eggs with prawns and spinach

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  Coddled eggs with butternut squash

  Sat Bains serves an impressive autumnal dish baked in kilner jars – but make sure your scales are accurate to the gram!

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  Banana meringue tart

  Dorienne Robinson makes a banana tart with a crisp pastry shell and a fluffy meringue topping

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  Mussels and clams with serrano in sherry

  Silvana Franco’s classic Spanish dish combines mussels and clams in a chilli-laced sherry sauce with strips of serrano ham

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  Crepes suzettes

  Giuseppe Vurchio creates the famous French dessert of thin pancakes in a deliciously boozy citrus sauce

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  Chilli chicken wings

  These sticky glazed chicken wings devised by Raymond Lau are quick and easy to make and have plenty of appeal for chilli-lovers