RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Grilled lobster with samphire and homemade salad cream

  Elegantly simple, John Quilter’s lobster dish would make a wonderful special occasion dinner for two

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  Vodka, fizz and lemon slush (lemon colonello)

  Try out this lip-smacking concoction from Liz Franklin's Ice Cream

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  Layered cod tower

  Daniel Galmiche plays with texture in this recipe for flakey poached fish layered with creamy leeks and chanterelles, with toothsome new potatoes to finish

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  Chicken noodle soup

  Aaron Craze makes his partner Nicci’s delicious low-fat alternative to a Chinese takeaway

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  Rump steak with stout and mustard gravy

  Stout, English mustard and caramelised onions combine to make a luxurious sauce for Gary Rhodes' rump steak

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  Fire-glazed duck with fresh plum dipping sauce

  This Oriental-style duck is delicious served with the fresh plum sauce. If you don't have any plums, nectarines make a surprisingly good substitute.

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  Sweetcorn pancakes with lemon garlic chicken

  Paul Merrett has the perfect dish for the weekend: succulent chicken with sweet golden pancakes and a feta salad

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  Sichuan sweet chilli prawns

  The tongue-tingling flavours of Sichuan come alive in Ching-He Huang’s recipe for spicing up prawns

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  Curried crab and dumplings

  Gary Rhodes with Debra Sardinha Metivier makes a traditional one dish meal from Tobago

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  Cottage pie

  Cheesy potato-topped beef in a wine enriched sauce adds a special touch to cottage pie in this hearty recipe from Tamasin Day-Lewis