RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Fresh tomato sauce for spaghetti

  Annabel Karmel's children love this meal. You will need to choose good-quality, ripe plum tomatoes to get the best flavour - look for ones with a dark-red colour

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  Stracotto al vino rosso

  This rustic Italian beef and red wine dish is one of Theo Randall’s favourites. He cooks it on a Sunday, serving it with purple sprouting broccoli and polenta

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  Pepper crusted monkfish with mustard dill sauce

  A cracked pepper crust adds oomph to monkfish and a creamy dill sauce rounds off this splendid offering from James Martin

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  Squid, mussel and white bean salad

  Paul Rankin’s seafood salad is both deliciously satisfying and good for you as well

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  Mulled wine

  Combining citrus, spice and sweetness, James Martin's recipe for our favourite tipple at Christmas is deliciously aromatic

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  Vodka, fizz and lemon slush (lemon colonello)

  Try out this lip-smacking concoction from Liz Franklin's Ice Cream

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  Szechuan tomato king prawns

  Chef Yang from Amoy stir-fries prawns with fresh vegetables for a healthy 15 minutes supper

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  Salt fish cakes

  Gary Rhodes and Angela Holland make crisp fried fish cakes, a favourite snack from Caribbean street fairs

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  Herb-flavoured apple jelly

  Discover the joys of home-preserving with Lotte Duncan's recipe for a simple, aromatic apple jelly

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  Roast pork belly

  Nigel Slater recommends roasting pork on the bone for maximum flavour - try this recipe for delectable, foolproof results