RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Crab cakes with pineapple salsa

  Charita Jones cooks crab cakes with a fresh pineapple salsa for her dinner party first course using her momma’s special Cajun seasoning

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  Sea bass ceviche with beetroot and pomegranate salsa

  Thomasina Miers shows us the ultimate ingredients for a majestic Mexican dinner party with her starter of fish ‘cooked’ in lime juice

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  French onion soup

  An all-time family favourite, Rick Stein's sumptuous soup comes up trumps every time...

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  Chicken noodle soup

  Aaron Craze makes his partner Nicci’s delicious low-fat alternative to a Chinese takeaway

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  Chicken fried steak cubes with bloody mary dipping sauce

  Charita Jones makes the Southern US classic of chicken-fried steak, so called as it is prepared in a similar way to fried chicken

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  Moussaka

  For a flavourful meal, try James Martin's recipe for a classic Mediterranean dish made from aubergines and minced lamb

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  Chicory, blue cheese, pecan and cranberry salad

  Rachel Allen's colourful salad is quick and simple to make and makes a very tasty light meal or side dish

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  Fruit dumplings

  Apricots, blueberries and plums are the secrets hidden inside these Lady Grenfell-Baines' light dumplings

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  Morston mussel velouté

  Galton Blackiston serves mussels with a velvety stock sauce - one of the ‘mother’ sauces of French cuisine

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  Yummy tomato cream

  Add either cream cheese or mince meat to this baby-friendly tomato soup