RECOMMENDATIONS

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  John Dory with marinated broccoli

  Simply-cooked fish fillets with a tangy dressing and crisp broccoli accompaniment make Aaron Craze’s recipe a supper winner

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  Christmas cake

  You can make this Christmas cake weeks before or even the day before - the taste will still be traditional and delicious. The recipe for almond paste, which is toasted in the oven for extra flavour, comes from Rachel's mother-in-law, Darina Allen.

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  Sweet and sour pumpkin curry

  Sweet and sour flavours combine with subtle spicing in Khatta Meetha, a Marwari vegetable dish from Gunjan Goela

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  Smoked haddock kedgeree

  Tana Ramsay shows how to rustle up this hearty Anglo-Indian dish for breakfast

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  Turbot steak with vegetable stew

  Atul Kochaar's dish is light and has a freshness not normally associated with Indian cooking

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  Roast leg of pork

  Gary Rhodes brings together crisp roast pork, apple gravy and sweet caramalised honey onions

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  Cheese straws

  For buttery cheese straws with a difference, try Tana Ramsay's version with sun-dried tomatoes and poppy seeds

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  Spiced pumpkin in broth (d'ba zigni)

  Celia Brooks Brown makes a spicy Eritrean dish using sweet-fleshed pumpkin - serve it as a chunky soup, with rice or beans

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  Mussels and clams with serrano in sherry

  Silvana Franco’s classic Spanish dish combines mussels and clams in a chilli-laced sherry sauce with strips of serrano ham

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  Glazed pork ribs

  Arthur Potts Dawson’s barbecued pork ribs are slathered in Dijon mustard, golden syrup and soy sauce and come with a tropical salad