RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Roast lamb with mint sauce

  Buy your lamb from a quality butcher for a really succulent and tender result - try your hand at Roopa Gulati's roast - too good to save just for Sunday lunches

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  BBQ chicken with salbitxada sauce

  Bill Granger’s chicken recipe is a taste of hot Spanish sun, served with a delicious Catalan sauce of tomatoes, almonds and garlic

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  Swiss chard and lentil salad

  Aaron Craze combines chard, chilli, garlic, green lentils and juicy queen olives in this stunning salad

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  Green beans with tomatoes and garlic

  In this great little recipe by Mike Robinson, the beans are not boiled, but roasted in olive oil and white wine

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  Lemon drizzle cake

  For a tempting teatime treat, try Mary Berry's moreish lemon cake with tangy sugar topping

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  Steak tartare

  For those who like their beef raw, Matt Tebbutt shares his recipe for classic steak tartare

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  Monkfish with saffron and capers

  Tom Aikens poaches monkfish in a cream and saffron reduction for a very sophisticated pasta sauce

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  Real hot chocolate

  Give your children a cold-weather treat when they come back from school with Tana Ramsay's piping hot drink

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  Marshmallows

  James Martin suggests serving his delectably light fluffy marshmallows threaded onto skewers with juicy strawberries

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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