RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Tarte tatin with cinnamon ice cream

  Rachel Thompson complements this classic French pudding with a lightly spiced ice cream

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  Croquembouche

  Make a birthday or end of a meal more spectacular with James Martin's pyramid of custard-filled, caramel-dipped choux pastry buns

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  Tuna carpaccio with rocket and Parmesan

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  Tandoori-style prawns

  These marinated prawns are traditionally cooked in a tandoor - Madhur Jaffrey cooks them very quickly in a frying pan

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  Pan-fried halibut with glazed carrots

  James Martin serves this meaty-textured delicately flavoured fish with delicious slightly sweet glazed carrots in this easy recipe

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  American cherry pie

  Summer wouldn’t be complete without a slice of Sophie Grigson’s perfect traditional cherry pie – authentic as the 4th of July

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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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  Spaghetti bolognese

  There are both savoury and sweet components to Ben Mitchell's hearty bolognese sauce

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  Aubergine, potato and chick pea balti

  This richly spiced curry from The Vegetarian Society is a wonderful example of the Birmingham Balti

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  Coq au vin

  An overnight marinade adds depth to Daniel Galmiche's French classic