RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Sambutes

  These stuffed miniature tortillas – adapted by Tom Parker Bowles from Mexican food author, Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz – are ideal to serve with drinks

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  Seared Cornish squid with chorizo

  Paul Merrett cooks a tapas-style dish of seared Cornish squid with spicy sausage

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  Raspberry and hazelnut tart

  For a truly tempting tart, try this combination of buttery hazelnut pastry with glorious raspberry filling from Claire Macdonald

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  Salmon with sweet pickled beetroot and celeriac purée

  A smooth celeriac mash with crunchy pickled beetroot add great texture to this salmon dish by Tristan Mason

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  Rose-scented cream

  Erika Parry produces a truly decadent dessert, a rose infused creamy jelly, alongside marzipan filled figs and a scattering of rose petals

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  Winter cobbler

  A delicious winter warmer packed with vegetables. The basil lemon oil gives the cobbler a fresh zing.

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  Gratin of Brussels sprouts with lardons, cream and almonds

  Sophie Grigson turns sprouts into gorgeous starlets in this luxurious dish from her book 'Vegetables'

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  Calypso pepperpot chicken with plantain

  Marinate Ainsley Harriott's chicken dish overnight, cover with kitchen wrap and refrigerate for extra depth of flavour

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  Sausages with potato salad

  Aaron Craze serves a warm potato salad with mustard dressing alongside free range sausages for a superbly simple midweek meal

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  Ice cream with nuts

  Almonds, pistachios and cardamom seeds make a fabulous trio in Madhur Jaffrey's recipe for traditional Indian kulfi