RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pasta with spicy sausage and cream

  Rachel Allen cooks a comforting family meal with Irish chorizo

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  Moules à la normande

  Impress your dinner guests with Matt Tebbutt's glorious Normandy recipe of juicy, plump mussels with apple brandy and bacon

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  Eggless chocolate cake

  Plaxy Locatelli’s delicious eggless, dairy-free chocolate cake can be enjoyed by the whole family – not just those with allergies

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  Grilled cod with avocado butter

  Mitch Tonk slathers grilled cod in an avocado and caper butter – great with curly kale or purple-sprouting broccoli, depending on the season

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  Ulster fry and steamed fried eggs

  Enjoy a classic Ulster breakfast with Paul Rankin's carefully detailed recipe

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  Moroccan fish cakes with hot pepper sauce

  Gurnard, a firm, white-fleshed fish, combines with harissa (a hot chilli paste) and other Moroccan flavourings in Diana Henry’s extra spicy fish cakes.

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  Lemony leeks & sprouts

  Spruce up your Christmas sprouts by adding leeks and lemon juice, in this simple citrus inspired recipe from the Vegetarian Society

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  Roasted baby chicken with lemon and thyme

  Angela Hartnett first steams and then roasts these baby chickens with robust herbs, lemon and garlic, then serves them with a rich spinach and parmesan stuffing

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  Venison salad with beetroot crisps

  Pink-hued venison fillet and beetroot rounds look stunning against the green leaves in this salad from Rachel Allen

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  Spicy oyster shots

  Adrian Richardson’s intense Bloody Mary-like shot makes a perfect hangover cure served with freshly shucked oysters