RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Banana muffins

  Everybody loves banana muffins - and the kids will love making them too.

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  Sausages with potato salad

  Aaron Craze serves a warm potato salad with mustard dressing alongside free range sausages for a superbly simple midweek meal

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  Honey roast duck confit with tomato beans

  James Martin gives rich duck confit a mouth-watering bite with piquant red wine sauce and serves it with tasty tomato and butterbeans

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  Crème brûlée

  Matt Tebbutt bakes his custard, taking the pressure off all that stirring and thickening, to make this classic French dessert

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  Baklava

  Tonia Buxton’s version of this famous sticky, nutty Middle Eastern sweet is the perfect accompaniment to a cup of coffee

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  Honey-roast duck breast

  Michael Caines adds a bit of oriental spice to this full-flavoured duck dish

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  Steak with watercress mayonnaise

  Clodagh McKenna adds a peppery touch to this recipe with a watercress condiment and a refreshing radish salad

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  The Twinkle

  With its champagne top and apt name, this light, delicately flavoured drink from Finlandia would add a sparkle to any Christmas Day menu.

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  Tequila sunrise

  Grenadine syrup creates the classic sunrise in this tequila based cocktail from Simon Rimmer

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  Sea bass in chilli and fennel seed broth

  Called sea bass ‘acqua pazza’ (‘fish in crazy water’) in Italian, Francesco Mazzei’s broth is made of poached sea bass with a startling flavour palate