RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Moules marinière

  Trish Deseine proves that mussels can be the ultimate fast food. Served with chips or crusty bread for dunking in the garlic and wine sauce, they’re a meal in themselves

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  Thai beef and noodle salad

  Thai food is all about creating a balance between spicy, sweet, sour, salty and bitter tastes and Simon Rimmer has the perfect mouth-watering salad to fire up your palate in any weather!

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  Poached eggs with asparagus

  Simplicity itself, this James Martin recipe depends upon good quality ingredients, such as the freshest asparagus, to be enjoyed at its best

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  Lily kwok's curry

  Helen Tse shares her grandmother's recipe for Chinese chicken curry

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  Chocolate terrine with Agen prunes and Armagnac

  Paul Merrett makes an impressive dinner party dessert that will even tempt non-chocoholics!

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  Sausages with apple and whiskey sauce

  Aaron Craze's sweet apple and mellow whiskey sauce is the ideal match for rich boar sausages and nutty puy lentils

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  Spaghetti bolognese

  There are both savoury and sweet components to Ben Mitchell's hearty bolognese sauce

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  Whole poached wild salmon

  James Martin's whole salmon makes an impressive centre piece for any celebration

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  Wok chicken wrap

  Ricky Andalcio makes easy work of this quick and simple lunch idea

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  Black Forest gateau

  Nigel Kirkup brings back this 1960's classic, layers of chocolate sponge sandwiched together with chocolate mousse, and cherries before being smothered in cream and topped with chocolate shavings