RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Roasted lamb with spiced butternut

  A roasted lamb rump goes beautifully with curry-spiced vegetables and chickpeas in Paul Merrett’s recipe

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  Peanut and chicken stew

  Lloyd Mensah and Adwoa Hagan-Mensah serve a robustly flavoured Ghanaian chicken stew laced with chilli and smoked paprika

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  Valentine's butter biscuits

  Show someone you love them with Eleanor Smallwood's crumbly heart shaped biscuits

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  Bocca di lupo with fresh tomato sauce

  Aaron Craze whips up a variation of ravioli – the shape refers to ‘the mouth of the wolf’ –with a sauce that speaks of Italian summer

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  Chilli black bean chicken with pepper and oyster mushrooms

  Make Ching He-Huang’s classic chicken stir fry for a quick, tasty and healthy mid-week supper for the family

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  Scallops in pesto di rucola (scallops in rocket pasta sauce with green beans)

  For an elegant seafood starter try Gino D'Acampo's griddled scallops, a delicious combination of flavours and textures

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  Griddled pork with leek and butterbean cassoulet

  Ben Ebrell combines juicy pork steaks with store cupboard butterbeans in a speedy mid-week supper for two.

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  Figs wrapped in Parma ham

  James Martin combines fruity British chutney with salty north Italian ham in his make-ahead starter

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  Lemon posset

  With only 3 ingredients, Claire Clark's classic pudding must be one of the easiest you can make

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  Plum brown betty

  Soft buttery plums with a crisp spiced crumb topping make a fast and fabulous autumn dessert from Tamasin Day-Lewis