RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Mulled wine

  For a warming winter tipple try Simon Brown's simple recipe for spiced wine, great for parties

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  Sausages with spring greens

  Matthew Forts’ greens are braised three times over three days – perfect with best-quality sausages and rich onion gravy

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  Rajastani potatoes with mustard greens

  Aloo Methi, a favourite Rajastani side dish of potatoes fried in ghee and spices from Marwari cook Gunjan Goela

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  Coquille st jacques

  A luxurious scallop gratin in a rich and creamy sauce from Nigel Cook

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  Potato salad with caviar a la raisa

  Anton Edelman created this special potato salad recipe for Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of the former Russian president

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  Toffee fudge bananas

  These deliciously fudgy, creamy, nutty, crunchy desserts from Tom Parker Bowles are so easy and so addictive that you’re almost certain to make them more than once

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  Reef and beef

  Gary Mehigan serves marinated prawns and steak on top of sourdough toast with aioli (garlicky mayo) thickened with potato

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  Chicken pad thai

  Whip up this classic Thai dish with minimum fuss with Nadia Arumugam’s recipe for a one wok stunner

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  English ale-soaked Christmas pudding

  Let everyone in the family have a stir and make a wish when you prepare Diana Henry's fabulous traditional Christmas pudding on 'Stir-up Sunday'

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  Penne amatriciana

  Tom Parker Bowles serves a classic pasta dish, a rich tomato sauce with pancetta and chilli that has its origins in the town of Amatrice in central Italy