RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Strawberry and raspberry crumble tartlets

  Served with rich homemade vanilla ice cream, Tony Tobin delicious summer-fruit tartlets are a perfect garden-party dessert

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  Double ginger cake

  Lightly crisp on top and with a good, open texture, Nigel Slater's ginger cake is light, moist and delicately gingery.

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  Parma ham and cranberry stuffing meatballs

  Alastair Hendy's deliciously flavourful cranberry stuffing balls makes a great side-dish for either Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner

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  Middle Eastern falafel with fresh tomato sauce

  These falafels are great stuffed into pitta bread and smothered in fresh tomato sauce for a sure-to-please vegetarian dish

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  Rhubarb galette

  Enjoy the sweet tang of rhubarb baked into a traditional French pastry, served with lashings of smooth crème anglaise in Claire Ptak’s recipe

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  Goan chicken with herbs

  Griddled chicken pieces coated in a lime-infused mint and coriander paste that will brings you the true tastes of Goa

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  Halibut and white asparagus in lemon grass and coriander broth

  A healthy meal with fresh Asian flavours, from Stuart Gillies

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  Javanese beef rendang

  Nancy Lam makes a rich coconut curry from Indonesia – try and make it the day before as flavours improve overnight

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  Austrian apple strudel

  Margaret Rees takes no shortcuts making the paper thin pastry and spiced apple filling for this traditional Austrian pudding

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  Guacamole dip with plantain chips

  Creamy-textured avocadoes work well with leafy coriander and perky chillies in this flavoursome dish by Gino D'Acampo