RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pissaladiere

  Rachel Allen shares a recipe for France’s answer to the pizza – a version that’s fully flavoured with onions and anchovies and topped with Niçoise olives

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  Fresh ceps with chilli and garlic

  Mike Robinson celebrates wild autumnal mushrooms with perky chillies and garlic in this quick snack or starter

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  Chocolate fudge cake

  Michael Caines cooks a deliciously rich cake that’s perfect for sharing

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  Roast chicken with herbed cream cheese

  Galton Blackiston prepares a colourful dish of crispy skinned chicken with a vivid tomato sauce

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  Hake with clams and parsley

  This simple but impressive Basque recipe from Mario Batali consists of pearly white hake with baby clams in a garlic and parsley sauce

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  Tortilla Española

  Mario Batali makes the national dish of Spain. You can eat it as a tapa, for breakfast, in a bocadillo (sandwich), or for dinner with salad and a bit of jamón. Basically anytime, anywhere!

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  Stuffed red pimentos with ricotta, rosemary and chilli olive oil

  Gino loves this recipe as it’s full of colours, flavours and is simple to prepare. He often serves this dish to his vegetarian friends but meat-eaters love it too!

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  Rainbow of cupcakes

  Andrew Nutter's dainty mouthfuls of orange-scented cake smeared with coloured glace icing make the perfect a light conclusion to lunch

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  Venison and mushroom pasty

  Sophie Grigson makes perfect autumn picnic fare with a venison, shitake mushroom and juniper pasty

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  Curried fish soup (Me ga thi)

  Merrilees Parker’s Laos soup is great fun to serve - it should be garnished by each diner according to their personal tastes