RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Prune and chestnut dessert

  This intense dessert by Allegra McEvedy owes it to the flavours of unique French prune brandy and rich chestnut puree

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  Keralan-style Orkney brown crab with sweet corn

  Cyrus Todiwala shares a moreish curry inspired by the south Indian state of Kerala, a land abundant with seafood

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  Rabbit stew

  Andrew Naylor flavours this rustic casserole with beer, mustard, garlic and ginger with the addition of sultanas for a fruity twist

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  Smoked trout with tarragon mayonnaise

  Sophie Grigson makes a pretty, easy starter for a summer evening, with a sharp crisp salad of cucumber and radish and a rich herb scented mayonnaise

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  Roast pigeon

  Pierre Koenig delivers a little bird with a lot of flavour in this tasty recipe for roast pigeon

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  Cauliflower and green bean salad with dolcelatte

  Italian cheese, pine nuts and herbs give cauliflower an Italian makeover in Silvana Franco's special lunchtime salad

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  Dauphinoise potatoes

  In this classic French recipe, James Martin indulges in wafer-thin potato slices, simmered in lashings of cream

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  Steak and kidney pie

  Shunning the suet in favour of buttery puff, Stuart Gillies enriches this dish with red wine, veal stock and port

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  Scottish bramble 'mess'

  Meringues, cream and brambles come together in Gary Rhodes' Scottish twist on Eton mess

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  Blackberry Jelly

  Merrilees Parker makes a simple flavour-packed preserve from these glistening hedgerow berries