RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Quick roast chicken with fresh veggies

  Ideal for feeding a hungry family, Rachel Allen rustles up a hearty roast meal

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  Bircher muesli

  For a deliciously healthy start to the day, try a little authentic 'oat cuisine', with Sophie Grigson's traditional Bircher muesli

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  Ribollita

  Arthur Potts Dawson shares his recipe for the famous Tuscan bread and vegetable soup, whose name means “reboiled” in Italian

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  Passion fruit delice

  Richard Phillips serves his triple-layered delice with passion fruit sorbet to add another contrast of textures

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  Chicken and leek stew with parsley dumplings

  Silvana Franco makes a delicious lemon-scented broth of tender chicken and leeks with fluffy parsley dumplings

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  Spaghetti with tomato, anchovy and cream sauce

  Everyone has a tin of tomatoes in their pantry – and Theo Randall uses them in this mid-week store cupboard dish

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  Rhubarb crumble

  Warm flavours of star anise, cinnamon and vanilla add a spicy note to Simon Rimmer's version of this traditional fruity pudding

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  Sausage, radicchio and barolo wine risotto

  Spicy Italian sausage, bitter-leafed radicchio and a robust Italian red wine make excellent partners in this substantial risotto from Diana Henry

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  Traditional bread sauce

  For a delicious bread sauce, try Brian Tunrner's luxurious version, flavoured with fresh herbs and spices

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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