RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Roquefort soufflé

  Twice baked cheese soufflés from Jeremy Hooper – perfect served with a pear and walnut salad

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  Spanish Rooster Potato Omelette

  A winsome brunch dish or satisfying lunch or supper meal, Andrew Fairlie makes a meal out of the ever-popular Spanish Omelette

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  Chicken, ham and mushroom pie

  Matt Tebbutt cooks his ultimate comfort food dish – a creamy pie that’s full of rich flavours

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  Chocolate pot

  Rich and divinely decadent, Matt Tebbutt’s little pots make the perfect end to a special dinner

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  Roasted chicken breast with courgette stuffing

  For a spot of gravy with this Ainsley Harriott dish, simply stir a tablespoon of plain flour into the cooking juices and add 120ml of chicken stock, whisking to combine; simmer for a couple of minutes, sieve and serve

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  Vietnamese salad with nuoc nam

  Gary Mehigan’s cabbage, shallot, cucumber and papaya salad with nuoc nam (fish sauce) would make an interesting addition to a buffet table

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  Chocolate pancakes

  The whole family will love Silvana Franco’s quick and easy dessert

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  Calf’s foot soup

  Tom Parker Bowles gives calf’s foot the slow simmered treatment to make a deeply flavoured soup enriched with Worcestershire sauce and sherry

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  Chicken aku paku

  From Zanzibar, Paul Merrett's piquant chicken dish sings with coconut, cardamom and chilli

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  Figs wrapped in Parma ham

  James Martin combines fruity British chutney with salty north Italian ham in his make-ahead starter