RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Vegetable coconut and peanut curry

  Tana Ramsay's creamy curry with sweet, chunky pieces of butternut squash makes a great meat-free main course

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  Pastiera

  Matthew Fort describes his traditional Italian Easter tart as “rich, but, thank God, comfortingly light”

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  Cherry pithiviers

  Crisp pastry, yielding to a deliciously moist almond filling is a classic celebration of French baking at its best - try this recipe by Rick Stein...

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  Chickpea and potato curry with Bhatura bread

  Use Ravinder Bhogal’s delicious deep-fried bread to scoop up the sauce of his easy vegetarian curry

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  Guinea fowl with plums and vin santo

  Originally a dish for Tuscan nobility, Giancarlo Caldesi gives poultry a royal roasting in this smart dinner party dish

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  Lamb chop and potato towers

  The combination of barbecued peppers, potatoes and tender pink lamb drizzled with a really scrumptious dressing will instantly become a party favourite.

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  BBQ 'surf and turf'

  Arthur Potts Dawson adds a piquant anchovy sauce to the classic barbecue combination of beef and oysters

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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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  Lemon chicken (Pollo ai limoni)

  Matthew Fort serves spatchcock chicken drenched in lemon juice, garlic and chilli with a bitter leaf salad

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  Spiedinos

  Ed Baines guarantees success on a stick with these mouth-watering skewers of meaty monkfish, juicy scallops and crisp bacon-wrapped ciabatta