RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Mama's beef stew with dumplings

  Faith Brown rustles up winner of a dinner with this hearty stew and light-as-air dumplings - just like Mama used to make

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  Spiced and super-juicy roast turkey

  Soaking overnight in a fragrant brine helps makes Nigella's turkey the juiciest you will ever try

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  Green vegetable curry

  Home-made paste gives Keith Floyd's Thai Green Curry authenticity - from Keith Floyd's Thai Food

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  Austrian apple strudel

  Margaret Rees takes no shortcuts making the paper thin pastry and spiced apple filling for this traditional Austrian pudding

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  Venison and mushroom pasty

  Sophie Grigson makes perfect autumn picnic fare with a venison, shitake mushroom and juniper pasty

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  Caipirinha

  Jamie Oliver makes Brazil’s national cocktail with zingy lime juice, sugar and cachaça.

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  White chocolate, almond and raspberry cake with raspberry frosting and white chocolate drizzle

  This mixture can also be made as cup cakes - it will make eight - bake for half the time then ice as for the cake.

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  Butternut squash pisto

  Sam Clarke does an adaption of a classic Spanish recipe using plenty of tomatoes and spices, to be served with meaty lamb chops

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  Mushroom risotto

  Giorgio Locatelli's recipe for creamy risotto, richly flavoured with wild and dried mushrooms, couldn't be easier to follow

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  Fava and sausage stew

  This is Clodagh McKenna’s take on the Italian classic, salsiccia con lentils, using new season fava beans and pork