RECOMMENDATIONS

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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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  Brie soup

  A warming cheese soup from The Vegetarian Society served with little cranberry toasts

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  African pilaff

  Tender pieces of marinated chicken add flavour to Samara Rolt's pilaff served with a refreshing chilli salad

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  Lobster and scallop Carpaccio with vanilla ginger

  Michael Moore uses delicate flavours to enhance the seafood in this elegant dish

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  Boozy toffee sauce

  Rachel Allen's boozy toffee sauce makes a nice change from Brandy butter.

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  Glossy chocolate profiteroles

  Who doesn't love to eat profiteroles? You could also learn to love cooking them: choux buns freeze well, making them easy to prepare ahead

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  Vietnamese pho

  Pho is considered the 'chicken noodle soup' of Vietnam - the ultimate cure-all, perfect for soothing the soul, warding off colds and easing a hangover.

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  Plaice with parmesan courgettes

  Tana Ramsay cooks rounds of courgettes with garlic, lemon and a crisp coating of parmesan to serve with fish

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  Passion fruit delice

  Richard Phillips serves his triple-layered delice with passion fruit sorbet to add another contrast of textures

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  Moules à la normande

  Impress your dinner guests with Matt Tebbutt's glorious Normandy recipe of juicy, plump mussels with apple brandy and bacon