RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chocolate cherries

  There’s no better match than the tart sweetness of cherries with the richness of dark chocolate, so try this recipe from Matthew Fort

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  Sausage and pea risotto

  Vary the sausages you use in Ainsley Harriot's risotto - top notch pork and leek or Toulouse sausages are both particularly good

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  Pork larb

  For a low-fat dish bursting with flavour, try this recipe for Laos' classic pork dish from Tom Parker Bowles

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  Baked polenta with Gruyère

  A tasty meat-free snack of baked polenta and cheese stacks from Clodagh McKenna

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  Coq au vin

  Jun Tanaka makes the traditional French dish of chicken in red wine

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  Wild asparagus and broccoli salad

  This speedy start-of-summer salad combines crisp spears of wild asparagus and broccoli with olives, fontina cheese and a sprinkling of Japanese breadcrumbs

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  Mojito

  Bring the taste of old Havana into your home with Matt Tebbutt's classic minty rum cocktail. It's revolutionary!

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  Gong bao ji ding (kung pao chicken with peanuts)

  A glorious medley of chicken, golden peanuts, and bright red chillies with a sweet-sour sauce from Fuchsia Dunlop

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  Broccoli and Parma ham rolls

  Matthew Fort wraps spears of purple sprouting broccoli with crisped Parma ham

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  Red mullet with almond courgette pesto

  A colourful dinner party dish with dramatic black olive-infused oil from Jun Tanaka