RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Herby fruit salad

  Antony Worrall Thompson puts a twist on a classic fruit salad; the Asian influence of coriander and coconut milk is unusual yet refreshing - perfect after a heavy meal

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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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  Seared Cornish squid with chorizo

  Paul Merrett cooks a tapas-style dish of seared Cornish squid with spicy sausage

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  Greenest of green salads

  Sophie Grigson celebrates the best of British spring-summer greens with a salad of dandelion leaves, marjoram, sorrel, broad beans and more

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  Mackerel with rhubarb relish

  Sophie Grigson’s deeply savoury mackerels are balanced perfectly with a tangy rhubarb relish

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  Teisen lap cake

  Matt Tebbutt cooks up a Welsh speciality of warm sultana-studded cake with lavender honey-baked figs

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  Beef and macaroni pie (Pastitsio)

  Rick Stein has a great affection for these Mediterranean baked dishes of meat, pasta, tomato and cheese, and in Corfu they give their version a unique quality with kefalotiri cheese and cinnamon

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  Waffle cream brownie

  We challenged Tom Aikens to put his twist on the classic 99 ice cream - here is what he came up with

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  Blackberry and apple pie

  Blackberries, apples and Devonshire clotted cream make Marjorie Reeves's pie the perfect English dessert

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  Pork chops with onions and apples

  Charita Jones smothers chunky chops with a sweet and savoury topping that's great matched with mash