RECOMMENDATIONS

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  White sprouting broccoli with a poached egg

  Mark Jankel’s recipe is a refreshing new take on a poached egg with broccoliand hollandaise sauce

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  Italy on a plate

  Amanda Lamb combines classic Italian deli ingredients for a colourful antipasto - vary any of the ingredients according to what you find

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  Baked egg custard and nougatine 'soldiers'

  Tristan Welch’s dessert is a cute play on egg and soldiers - a set egg custard served in the egg shell with nougatine ‘soldiers’ on the side

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  Scouse stew

  Welshman Bryn Williams shares his recipe for a Liverpool classic of lamb stew with vegetables, potatoes and swedes

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  Spicy chicken pasta

  Paul Merrett shows us how to bite back at the credit crunch with a favourite family supper that serves two for a fiver

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  Steak and kidney pudding

  The suet crust in the best bit of Antonia Deigan's Steak and Kidney Pud

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  Mussels on grilled sourdough with smoked bacon

  Steven Terry takes a classic moules mariniere recipe and turns it into a stylish dinner party starter

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  Mussels with raisin beer and spring onions

  Paul Heathcote presents an unusual but delicious combination of mussels with sweet raisin beer, served with tomato-rubbed bread

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  Wild asparagus and broccoli salad

  This speedy start-of-summer salad combines crisp spears of wild asparagus and broccoli with olives, fontina cheese and a sprinkling of Japanese breadcrumbs

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  Paneer tikka (grilled paneer)

  Tikka means morsel in Hindi, and here Punjabi chef Manjit Gill makes grilled morsels of spiced Indian cheese