RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Sea trout with samphire and confit lemons

  Good things come to those who wait as Bryn Williams slow-cooked dinner party dish proves

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  Caribbean jerk steak

  Antony Worrall Thompson coats rib-eye steaks in a fragrant spice mix – slices of griddle pineapple complement the steaks perfectly

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  Savoury lamb cupcakes

  Bob Blumer's pretty pink cakes are made with braised lamb and are decorated with beetroot and potato 'icing'– don't knock 'em till you've tried 'em!

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  Beef stew with green papaya

  Gary Rhodes and Vanesse Tweeboom make a fragrant traditional stew from Curaco

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  Dill sauce

  This healthy dill sauce is delicious with salmon or prawns, new potatoes and sugar snap peas - it also livens up a mixed leaf salad

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  Melanzane alla Parmegiana

  Matthew Fort’s dish of aubergines with passata and parmesan is based on a family recipe from Syracuse, and makes a superb starter

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  Rainbow chard gratin

  Dark green chard leaves and ruby red stalks are contained in a pastry case for Matthew Fort’s cross between a gratin and a tart

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  Bacon chop with laver bread and cockles

  The fresh, briney flavour of the cockles are perfect with bacon. Mop up the juices with savoury laver bread to complete this traditional Welsh dish by Mark Hix

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  Stir-fried eel with black bean sauce

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  Fennel minestrone

  Arthur Potts Dawson makes the perfect winter warmer that's also a bargain at 87p a serving!