RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Lobster with garlic butter

  Nothing goes better with lobster than garlic butter, and lots of it.

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  Quick cranberry dessert

  For an elegant fruit brûlée, try Nicole Herft's boozy cranberries layered with ginger biscuit, cream and vanilla custard

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  Chicory, blue cheese, pecan and cranberry salad

  Rachel Allen's colourful salad is quick and simple to make and makes a very tasty light meal or side dish

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  Brie and wild mushroom fondue

  Made for sharing, this creamy cheese and mushroom fondue is the perfect excuse to call friends for a special supper

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  Prawn and mango noodle salad

  Chef Wan’s traditional Malaysian salad – known as a kerabu – is a taste-tingling combination of sweet, spicy, hot and sour flavours

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  Roast rack of lamb with pinhead oatmeal crust

  Claire Macdonald cooks a delectable dinner party combo of mint hollandaise with succulent lamb rack in a crisp pepper-flecked oatmeal crust

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  Cuttlefish with papaya salad

  Jun Tanaka transforms this often overlooked cephalopod into a fabulous hot and sour Thai-style salad that makes a great main course or summer starter

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  Skirt steak with watercress and barley salad

  Oliver Rowe shares a simple steak recipe with a peppery salad that's full of texture and flavour

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  Crema Catalana (Catalan cream)

  Matt Tebbutt infuses cream with lemon peel and cinnamon to make this classic Catalan dessert of set custard with a caramelised sugar topping

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  Hazelnut and chocolate dacquoise

  Sweet and indulgent, Rick Stein's nutty meringue is sandwiched with a tasty dark chocolate cream - perfect for midnight feasts