RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pumpkin soup

  A sweet and creamy soup from James Martin to warm up the winter months

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  Roasted shrimp cocktail

  Ina Garten has improved the classic shrimp cocktail by roasting the shrimps first and serving them with a spicy cocktail dipping sauce

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  Spaghetti carbonara

  Aaron Craze adds a sprinkling of fresh marjoram to classic carbonara

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  Shanghai dumplings

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

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  Sunday tea cake

  Paul Evans serves this sherry sweetened tray bake with a dusting of icing sugar and custard for a real Sunday treat

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  Herby fruit salad

  Antony Worrall Thompson puts a twist on a classic fruit salad; the Asian influence of coriander and coconut milk is unusual yet refreshing - perfect after a heavy meal

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  Pigs' ear cake

  Nope this isn't a novelty-shaped kids' cake, Claude Bosi really does add strips of blanched pigs’ ears to a parmesan and parsley sponge – you heard it here first!

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  Berry gratin

  Matt Tebbutt’s dessert makes the best of summer fruits – use fresh raspberries, blackberries, or whatever you fancy

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  Pork adobo

  Jason Atherton's tempting dish of slow-cooked pork with soy, garlic and ginger is on the hob in a matter of minutes

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  Chilli beef and pepper stir fry

  Ching He-Huang whips up a quick and easy stir fry with the addition of garlic, ginger and chili to for a true taste of the Orient