RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Fire-glazed duck with fresh plum dipping sauce

  This Oriental-style duck is delicious served with the fresh plum sauce. If you don't have any plums, nectarines make a surprisingly good substitute.

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  Cornish pasties

  Crisp, glden pies filled with with potato, swede and beans, from The Vegetarian Society

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  Kakori kebab

  These minced lamb kebabs from Mughlai cook Salma Husain are enriched with kidney fat and sweetened with cloves - ideal to cook over a hot barbecue

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  Xmas pud soufflé

  Christmas pudding like you've never tried to before, from Matthew Fort

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  Bullshot

  With a base of beef consommé, flavoured with Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and sherry, Tom Parker Bowles' cocktail is not for the faint-hearted

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  Skate with bacon

  Matthew Fort makes skate with a zesty salsa and crispy lardons.

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  Creamed leeks

  Try James Martin's creative way with leeks - softened with shallots and thyme, and baked with cream and grated cheddar

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  Spicy meatballs

  Wendy Syke’s way of turning minced beef into delicious meatballs served in a coconut-based, spicy tomato sauce is comfort food at its best

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  Cajun fried chicken with tomato salsa and sour cream

  Matt Tebbutt prepares a taste of Deep South Mississippi by cooking up spicy fried chicken

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  Ribblesdale 'carbonara'

  Gary Rhodes piles strips of streaky bacon over rich and creamy goats' cheese pasta