RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Hand-made bangers with mustard mash explosion

  Try your hand at making Simone Lester's bangers - herby pork and sage or spicy chorizo. Served with magnificent mustard mash

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  Steamed apple, orange and ginger pudding

  For a twist on the traditional British steamed suet pudding, try Sophie Grigson’s fruity confection

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  Garlic soup with duck livers and garlic crisps

  Matt Tebbutt makes a garlic soup, which is delicious on its own, and not at all overpowering as might be expected

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  Hot buffalo southern fried chicken wings

  Charita Jones’s recipe for a North American favourite, spiced up with a special homemade Cajun seasoning, will be a sure-fire hit at any dinner party

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  Lemon trifle

  Sink your spoon into deep, billowing layers of cream, sponge and lemon or orange curd in this luxuriously easy trifle from Nigel Slater

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  Berry jelly

  Making your own jelly is just as easy as the packet variety, but much healthier as it's made with fresh fruit.

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  Molten chocolate baby cakes

  Make luscious chocolate fondants with Nigella Lawson's simple recipe

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  Gooey chocolate brownies

  Oli Shute's gloriously rich, fudgy and densely chocolatey brownies make a tempting tea time treat or delectable dessert

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  Cereal rye bread

  For a deliciously flavourful loaf try Paul Hollywood's recipe for bread made with rye and assorted seeds

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  Chicken curry

  Keen home cook Paddy Roberts pitches his chicken curry against top chef Tom Green