RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Apple, bramble and custard bake

  Alan Air gives a truly inspirational twist to the good old apple and blackberry crumble, by cooking it with the custard already inside...

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  Duck hash with fried egg

  Prepare the duck the night before and you’ll have a stunning weekend lunch from Stephen Terry

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  Parsnip crisps with sea salt

  Mark Hix’s vegetable crisps are great as snacks, or to serve as an accompaniment to game birds

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  Vignole with lamb

  Aaron Craze makes a classic Italian spring vegetable stew topped with Parma ham and served with lamb cutlets

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  Fish pie

  With its crunchy topping of golden cheese and potato, Tamasin Day Lewis's traditional fish pie makes a wonderful family meal

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  Raised pork and bramley apple pie

  Trish Hilferty is the author of Gastropub Classics, published by Absolute Press. e often works at The Eagle in London's Farringdon, which is widely acknowledged as having started the gastropub revolution...

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  Sausages with potato salad

  Aaron Craze serves a warm potato salad with mustard dressing alongside free range sausages for a superbly simple midweek meal

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  The original Cornish pasty

  Caroline Yates' traditional pasties from south west England are delicious eaten hot or cold and makes a great lunch, supper or picnic dish

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  Mustard salmon, avocado and watercress salad

  Ainsley Harriott's salad combines salmon fillet with a honey and mustard dressing, mashed avocado and peppery watercress to magnificent effect

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  Italian-style lamb chops

  Peter Gordon serves grilled chops with gorgonzola polenta and a chunky tomato sauce for an Italian inspired lunch