RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Poached chicken and pine nut salad

  Matt Tebbutt’s fantastic springtime salad recipe is a refreshing mix of herbs, aromatics and fresh citrus notes to pep up some meaty chicken

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  Beef with mendu wada

  Cyrus Todiwala transforms a rib of beef into an aromatic, deeply flavoursome dish with a sublime sauce and crisp lentil fitters on the side

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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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  Steak with chimichurri salsa

  Rachel Allen’s Colombian-inspired steak supper combines citrus flavours of orange, lemon and lime with an exotic avocado and watercress salad

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  Baked beans on toast

  The ultimate in fast home-cooked food. Turn a snack into a meal in just a few minutes with Roopa Gulati

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  Marzipan fruits

  Katie Caldesi shows how to make the most beautiful edible decorations for your Christmas tree

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  Gooseberry and green peppercorn chutney with mackerel

  The tartness of the flavoursome chutney cuts through the richness of the fish in James Martin's easy recipe

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  Creamy chicken and ham pie

  This hearty creamy pie is brought to you from Alastair Hendy's Home Cook

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  Oriental chicken salad

  Bursting with zesty Asian flavours, Tamasin Day Lewis's mouth-watering salad makes an excellent starter or light supper

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  Chocolate fruit cake

  Stars, glitter and gold balls add a little bling to Nigella's dark and sticky Christmas cake