RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Smoked trout and peas with pappardelle

  Try Ben Ebbrell’s simple creamy fish sauce on wide strips of fresh pasta – perfetto

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  Asparagus and broad bean risotto

  Eleanor Smallwood makes an asparagus and broad bean risotto bursting with the fresh flavours of spring

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  Grilled lamb cutlets with salsa verde

  Celebrate spring flavours with Ben Tish’s dish of lamb with jersey royal potatoes peppered with piquillo peppers and a richly flavoured salsa verde

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  Bloody Mary cottage pie

  Tiffany Goodall cooks comfort food on a student budget, giving an old favourite a contemporary twist

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  Bacon-wrapped roast quail

  Keen home cook Andrew Young was pitted against top chef Rosario Guarneri with his recipe for roast quail served with red cabbage

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  Beetroot borscht

  Try Ainsley Harriot's version of the Eastern European beetroot soup - it's low in fat and incredibly good for you

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  Blood orange mousse with blood orange sorbet

  Galton Blackiston uses blood oranges to create a velvety mousse complemented with a vivid red sorbet which can be made ahead for an impressive dinner party dessert

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  Roast saddle of venison with spiced redcurrant jelly

  James Martin teams the gamey flavour of tender venison with a cinnamon-spiked redcurrant jelly

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  Traditional Scottish shortbread

  For a terrific treat to accompany a cuppa, Mary Berry bakes buttery golden shortbread the traditional Scottish way

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  Butter bean and chorizo stew

  Allegra McEvedy’s classic Spanish tapas dish of smoky sausage slowly-cooked with butter beans and tomatoes is perfect for sharing