RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Lemon trifle

  Sink your spoon into deep, billowing layers of cream, sponge and lemon or orange curd in this luxuriously easy trifle from Nigel Slater

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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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  Arancini with salt and pepper tomato sauce

  This classic Italian snack of risotto balls is a great way to use up any leftovers and served as part of an antipasti platter, says Paul Bloxham

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  Toffee apples on sugar-glazed barmbrack

  If you can’t get your hands on barmbrack, try Paul Rankin’s recipe with brioche instead - for a really showy dessert, decorate with spun sugar

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  Sausage and lentil casserole

  Keep a few staples on hand in the pantry to cook up Silvana Franco’s simple but hearty and warming casserole

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  Oreo cookie cheesecake

  Ravinder Bhogal makes an exceedingly naughty cookie cheesecake, best served in bed!

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  Sussex pond pudding

  Sophie Grigson makes a traditional British favourite, using limes instead of lemons for a delicious zesty pudding

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  Lemon chicken (Pollo ai limoni)

  Matthew Fort serves spatchcock chicken drenched in lemon juice, garlic and chilli with a bitter leaf salad

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  Chocolate fondant

  This chocolate fondant from Trish Deseine is one of the moistest you can imagine, and is also very easy to make

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  White chocolate cheesecake

  Decorate this luscious cheesecake with seasonal fruit for a cool dessert - it's great prepared in advance for a dinner party...