RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Poached pear with honeycomb and blue cheese

  Matt Tebbutt creates a sublime dish of cinnamon steeped pears served with honeycomb and blue cheese which can be served as a starter, light main or dessert!

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  Barszcz z uszkami (beetroot soup with mushroom pockets)

  Robert Kusy makes a perfectly pink soup with John Torode

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  Chocolate and amaretto ganache cake

  Paul Young’s is a heavenly concoction of chocolate, almond, amaretto-soaked fruit and chocolate truffles

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  Fidget pie

  Matthew Fort makes the Midlands equivalent to the Cornish pasty – a sweet and savoury pie filled with apples, cider and bacon

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  Raspberry jam

  Home preserving has never been so simple with Darina Allen's recipe for raspberry jam - perfect on toast or scones

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  Puffed pear pancake with quince

  This is a real stick-to-your-ribs breakfast from Bill Granger (a bit more like a pudding than a pancake)

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  Ribblesdale 'carbonara'

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

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  Coffee meringue with cream and summer fruits

  Galton Blackiston’s dessert looks dramatic, but is a cinch to make - just be sure your oven is turned down really low and you give the meringue a good hour and a half

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  Chocolate and vanilla semifreddo

  Angela Hartnett creates a truly indulgent layered ice cream cake, lightly flavoured with amaretto liqueur

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  Moroccan lamb with harissa-spiced couscous and chickpea salsa

  Alan Murchison spends time developing the hot and piquant north African flavours in this delicious recipe, and the result is worth the work