RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Beef goulash (bogracsgulyas)

  Hungarian paprika adds authenticity to Tomi Komaly's goulash

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  Lobster with vermouth and tomatoes

  Simple ingredients and a dash of vermouth highlight the sweet taste of fresh lobster in Arthur Potts Dawson's quick recipe

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  Toffee apples on sugar-glazed barmbrack

  If you can’t get your hands on barmbrack, try Paul Rankin’s recipe with brioche instead - for a really showy dessert, decorate with spun sugar

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  Pork dumpling and salt-fish hotpot

  Jason Atherton cooks his favourite dish from Singapore - this traditional dish combines the flavours of prawns, pork, spring onions, aubergines and ginger and is always served in a clay pot

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  Seared escalopes of wild salmon

  It is very much a last-minute dish from Rick Stein so make sure everything is ready before you start. If using farmed salmon, pay a little extra and go for the best

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  White onion soup with scallops and chorizo

  A creamy white soup with a shocking orange drizzle of chorizo oil, from Paul Merrett

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  Lentil soup

  Bursting with vitamins and flavour, Melanie Sykes cooks up the ultimate healthy winter soup.

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  Chilli and tamarind barbecued fish

  Mild Kashmiri chillies give a little heat while tamarind gives a sweet and sour note to this Pomfret Recheado, from Ananda Solomon

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  Fillet of beef with green apple, blueberries and redcurrants

  Chef Gennaro Contaldo shares a simple family recipe which one of his protégées made for him on a recent visit to Tuscany

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  Spaghetti carbonara

  Aaron Craze adds a sprinkling of fresh marjoram to classic carbonara