RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chicken and egg kebab

  Marut Sikha makes Kathi Kebab - a cheap, tasty and filling snack enjoyed by all throughout the day

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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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  Caribbean jerk steak

  Antony Worrall Thompson coats rib-eye steaks in a fragrant spice mix – slices of griddle pineapple complement the steaks perfectly

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  Ossobuco with saffron risotto

  Gennaro Contaldo’s traditional Italian dish of braised veal shin sprinkled with gremolata (a herby topping) is served with a rich saffron risotto

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  Creamy watercress and blue cheese pasta with grilled fennel

  Fennel seeds in the sauce complement the aniseedy flavour of the grilled fennel in this recipe from The Vegetarian Society

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  Warm pear, cinnamon and almond zabaglione

  Paul Merrett uses pears in this traditional Italian dessert of lightly whipped custard flavoured with Amaretto.

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  Dahl and chapattis

  Jo Wood’s red lentil dahl is served with fresh chapattis made with whole-wheat flour – they’re easier to prepare than you might think

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  Sausage and lentil casserole

  A zingy mustard crème fraiche adds the finishing touch to Tana Ramsay's meaty, stomach-warming dish

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  Vignole with lamb

  Aaron Craze makes a classic Italian spring vegetable stew topped with Parma ham and served with lamb cutlets

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  Fish head soup

  Irene Sykes creates a cheap but perfectly delicious soup with haddock heads, turnips and carrots