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  Bloody Mary cottage pie

  Tiffany Goodall cooks comfort food on a student budget, giving an old favourite a contemporary twist

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  Peppered fillet of beef with cognac

  Crushed peppercorns, nutty butter and brandy evoke a typically French combination from Henry Harris

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  Broth of lamb sweetbreads with peas, mint and lettuce

  Combining the richness of sweetbreads with the simplicity of a fresh herb broth, Garrey Dawson’s recipe is a treat for those who love offal

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  Salmon and smoked trout fishcakes

  Sarah Durdin-Robertson adds an extra zing to these fishcakes by way of some fresh horseradish

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  Bacon chop with laver bread and cockles

  The fresh, briney flavour of the cockles are perfect with bacon. Mop up the juices with savoury laver bread to complete this traditional Welsh dish by Mark Hix

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  Bacon-wrapped roast quail

  Keen home cook Andrew Young was pitted against top chef Rosario Guarneri with his recipe for roast quail served with red cabbage

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  Apple strudel

  To make the ultimate apfel strudel follow award winning konditormeister, Falko Burkert’s recipe

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  Chocolate cheesecake

  Chocolate and cheesecake combined in one dessert? What more could you ask for?!

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  Vodka and vanilla blancmange with warm raspberries

  Raspberries add colour and flavour to James Martin's creamy, vanilla-flecked blancmange

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  Baked Alaska

  This retro dessert is coming back in fashion, so try this recipe with raspberries from Tom Kerridge