RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Sichuanese dan dan noodles (dan dan mian)

  Authentic Chinese flavourings, including fragrant Sichuan pepper, combine to tasty effect in Fuchsia Dunlop's homely noodle dish

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  Calypso pepperpot chicken with plantain

  Marinate Ainsley Harriott's chicken dish overnight, cover with kitchen wrap and refrigerate for extra depth of flavour

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  Cottage pie

  Cheesy potato-topped beef in a wine enriched sauce adds a special touch to cottage pie in this hearty recipe from Tamasin Day-Lewis

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  Partridge with cider, brandy and apples

  A warming, autumnal dish from Diana Temperley that combines the richness of game with the tang of British-grown apples

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  Fried vegetable rice

  Use up leftover rice in this quick and tasty dish from Gary Rhodes

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  Salt-crusted lamb with sweetbreads

  Matt Tebbutt’s spring dish is served with the season’s best broad beans and baby leeks

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  Chilli con carne

  Beat the early winter blues with Allegra McEvedy’s take on Texas’s official state dish!

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  Pork chops with caramelised bananas and honey

  Clodagh Mckenna makes a daring combination of pork and potatoes with stick-sweet glazed bananas

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  Madeira sauce

  James Martin's rich sauce goes perfectly with tender beef

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  Goose, fennel, orange and black olive salad

  Matthew Fort uses leftovers to make a glorious Boxing Day salad