RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Mincemeat and marzipan ice cream

  This Women’s Institute dessert takes just minutes to prepare but tastes as if a lot of time has been spent making it!

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  Pear and apple puree

  Help your baby enjoy the natural goodness of apples and pears with this simple puree recipe

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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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  Jerusalem artichoke soup with foie gras

  A creamy winter soup with a decadent twist from Jun Tanaka

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  Barmbrack

  Caroline Workman's wonderfully moist fruit bread is one of Northern Ireland's most popular traditional specialities

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  Orecchiette pasta with broccoli and prosciutto

  Antonio Carluccio demonstrates a simple dish featuring orecchiette, a small ear-shaped pasta

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  Pan-fried hot-smoked salmon

  A simple lemon parsley sauce is the ideal accompaniment to hot-smoked salmon in Gary Rhodes speedy starter

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  Ale-glazed pork chop

  Tony Hadley and Aneke Spacie’s pork chops are smothered in a richly flavoured ale and apple juice glaze, accompanied by sweet caramelised apples

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  Mini fish pie

  If you want your child to grow up liking fish then you should try Annabel Karmel's mini fish pie

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  Carp in breadcrumbs with horseradish cream

  Tasty crisp fillets of carp are accompanied by a creamy horseradish sauce in this easy dinner dish from Eva Michalik