RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Coffee cupcakes with chocolate frosting

  Silvena Rowe shows that coffee is not just for drinking, in this fabulous fuss-free recipe for coffee cakes with creamy chocolate topping

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  Lemon posset

  For a luscious dessert that can be prepared in a jiffy with just three simple ingredients, try Tamasin Day-Lewis' lemon posset

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  Spicy wild boar meatballs with spaghetti

  Using ready-made wild boar sausages, it takes no time to make Aaron Craze’s delicious pasta dish

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  Sautéed salmon fillets with champ-style sauce

  Paul Rankin serves salmon fillets with a creamy mashed potato sauce – you can add sliced spring onions to make true Irish champ

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  Latvian gingerbread biscuits

  Enjoy a traditional Christmas treat with Martin Blunos's recipe for fragrant, home-made gingerbread biscuits

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  Risotto balls: Arancini di riso

  Arancini means 'little oranges', a reference to the colour, size and shape of these cheese-and ham-filled rice croquettes from Rick Stein

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  Ice cream sandwich

  Simon Rimmer brings a traditional summertime seaside favourite firmly into the 21st century

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  Pork and leek sausages with black pudding and leek mash

  Wholesome British flavours - pork, apples, cider and black pudding - make a delicious (and quick) sausage supper

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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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  Berry jelly

  Making your own jelly is just as easy as the packet variety, but much healthier as it's made with fresh fruit.