RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chocolate fruit cake

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

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  Cosmopolitan

  The soulshakers give a fruity twist to the cosmopolitan with Finlandia grapefruit vodka

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  The Gran Turismo cocktail

  Expert mixologist Andy Pearson shakes up an exhilarating cocktail with zingy flavours from lemon curd, lemon juice and limoncello with grappa and cognac

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  Pork dumpling and salt-fish hotpot

  Jason Atherton cooks his favourite dish from Singapore - this traditional dish combines the flavours of prawns, pork, spring onions, aubergines and ginger and is always served in a clay pot

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  Meatball and kale soup

  Sausages make quick and moreish meatballs in this hearty soup from Silvana Franco

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  Chicken and mushroom dumplings

  Ching-He Huang’s delicious open-wrapped steamed dumplings are great to serve at dinner parties as a starter

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  Fruit dumplings

  Apricots, blueberries and plums are the secrets hidden inside these Lady Grenfell-Baines' light dumplings

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  Grilled mussels with chorizo

  Thomasina Miers makes a sizzling Spanish dish that goes perfectly with a chilled dry sherry and some marinated olives

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  Char-grilled snapper with mango, prawn and chilli salsa

  Rick Stein's snapper recipe is a winner on the barbecue

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  Pan-fried lamb cutlets

  Fragrant spices add distinctive flavour to perfectly cooked lamb cutlets in this top-notch main course from James Martin