RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Boiled eggs and soldiers

  What better way to start the morning than with Eleanor Smallwood's soft boiled eggs and buttery toast soldiers?

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  Red velvet cake with cream cheese icing

  Lorraine Balinska makes this traditional American cake with vivid red colouring

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  Salmon with sourdough and fresh herb crust

  Treat your body to a little winter de-tox with Jess and Laura Tilli's favourite healthy and delicious fish dish

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  Turkey mole

  Bitter chocolate, spiked with warming spices work well together in this traditionally hearty Mexican casserole

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  Slow-roast shoulder of lamb with barley and mushrooms

  Warm up a cold day with this hearty dish of lamb in a creamy tarragon sauce from Ollie Rowe

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  Fire-glazed duck with fresh plum dipping sauce

  This Oriental-style duck is delicious served with the fresh plum sauce. If you don't have any plums, nectarines make a surprisingly good substitute.

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  Asparagus with cheddar sauce

  Shaun Hill’s recipe makes a moreish treat out of this season’s English asparagus, served with a morel mushroom tart

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  Moussaka

  For a flavourful meal, try James Martin's recipe for a classic Mediterranean dish made from aubergines and minced lamb

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  Green banana curry

  Sophie Grigson cooks Vanessa Hewitt’s recipe for savoury bananas in a spiced coconut sauce

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  Tea barm brack

  Matthew Fort makes an old Irish teatime classic of rich fruit bread, traditionally made at Halloween with a ring and a coin baked into it. According to legend, whoever finds the coin will be rich and if you find the ring you'll marry within the year!