RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Garlic bread

  Perk up a plain ciabatta with Galton Blackiston's garlic rich butter

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  Moroccan-style lamb and apricot stew

  Jamie Oliver’s melt-in-the-mouth lamb dish combines fragrant spices with chilli and apricots for a delicious warming meal.

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  Classic Thai green curry paste

  Add this easy-to-prepare Thai green curry to lightly fried Chicken strips and/or your favourite vegetables; serve with basmati rice and lime wedges

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  Parma ham and cranberry stuffing meatballs

  Alastair Hendy's deliciously flavourful cranberry stuffing balls makes a great side-dish for either Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner

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  Fire roasted pequillo pepper hummous with crispy lamb mince

  Paul Bloxham's tempting pepper-spiked hummous marries beautifully with crispy lamb mince and caramelised onions, in this magical Middle Eastern style appetiser

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  Pad Thai

  Plump prawns and noodles tossed with a host of tasty ingredients create this tempting Thai classic from Jean-Christophe Novelli

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  Jewish princess’ chicken soup

  You don’t need to be a princess or even Jewish to enjoy this most famous of all Jewish recipes

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  Cinnamon fritters with flambéed greengages

  James Martin uses a French sloe liqueur called prunelle de Troyes in this recipe, but you could substitute any fruit liqueur to give the dessert a different twist

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  Quesadillas

  These wraps will be a sure-fire winner with your little banditos!

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  Chocolate and amaretto ganache cake

  Paul Young’s is a heavenly concoction of chocolate, almond, amaretto-soaked fruit and chocolate truffles