RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Jam cookie sandwiches

  These jam cookies are the perfect nibble to serve with coffee - the icing sugar is a lovely finish

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  Jersey royals with pancetta and rosemary

  Give spuds a regal coating of crisp pancetta and rosemary in this speedy “Genuine Jersey Royal Potatoes” recipe

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  Beef dzik

  Thomasina Miers' version of this popular beef salad from the Yucatan combines tangy citrus and fiery chilli with the deep flavour of slow-cooked beef

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  Fig and orange salad with melting shropshire blue

  Creamy and full of flavour, Shropshire Blue makes a great dressing in this winter salad from the British Cheese Board

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  Spaghetti bolognese

  There are both savoury and sweet components to Ben Mitchell's hearty bolognese sauce

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  Pink meringues with raspberry cream

  Think pink with Rachel Allen's glorious raspberry swirl meringues

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  Rabbit wrapped in Parma ham

  Anthony Demetre and Jade Jones transform rabbit into a fine dining dish with a rich reduction sauce and seasonal vegetables

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  Fidget pie

  Matthew Fort makes the Midlands equivalent to the Cornish pasty – a sweet and savoury pie filled with apples, cider and bacon

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  Gingerbread cake

  A sticky gingerbread flecked with pieces of stem ginger from Jeannie Gye.

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  Canal floddies

  A crispy sun-dried tomato and potato cake served with a poached egg perched on top from The Vegetarian Society