RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Baked cheesecake with blueberries

  Rachel Allen’s recipe for this timeless dessert is a good base for any fruit that’s in season – blackberries and raspberries are particularly delicious

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  Seafood bruschetta on Irish soda bread

  An unctuous spring onion butter sauce adds a rich dimension to Paul Rankin’s dish – stir in a splash of cream for extra decadence!

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  Shanghai dumplings

  Add these delicious pork dumplings from Dorian Chan to a dim sum dinner

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  Grilled cod on pommes sarladaise with truffle oil

  Sun-kissed potatoes and red ripe tomatoes marry well together in this delicious truffle-scented cod dish by Rick Stein

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  Flat bread pizza with smoked salmon

  Aaron Craze’s flatbread pizza with its topping of crème fraiche and smoked salmon makes an ideal light lunch or substantial snack.

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  Quick chicken and mushroom pie

  For a quickly prepared meal try James Martin's tasty pie, which uses shop-bought foodstuffs to great effect

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  Millionaire's shortbread

  Mary Berry's sensational sweet treat is a must make for millionaires, trillionaires, toffee lovers and chocoholics everywhere!

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  Fish pie

  Nothing comforts like home-made fish pie, with succulent pieces of fish, prawns, mussels and scallops under a fluffy cloud of mash potatoes.

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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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  Heather honey cake

  Emma Sturgess' fabulous cake is made with heather honey from north-east England and as it bakes, will fill the kitchen with the distinctive heather honey aroma