RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Poached chicken salad with pomegranate molasses

  A pomegranate dressing gives a beautiful sweet-tart flavour to Sophie Grigson’s chicken salad

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  Chocolate fudge

  The Women’s Institute fudge makes a great Christmas or birthday present wrapped up in a pretty home-made presentation box

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  Fish pie

  For great comfort cooking, you'll return to Rick Stein's classic fish pie recipe time and time again

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  Gratin of smoked haddock with toasted brioche

  Creamy smoked haddock gratin is topped with Gruyère cheese and served with rich buttery brioche in Rosemary Shrager's delicious starter

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  Mussels in beer

  Silvana Franco steams mussels in Belgian wheat beer - ideal with some crusty bread to mop up all the creamy juices and strips of bacon

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  Basic pancakes

  Tamasin Day Lewis shows how simple it is to toss up a few pancakes for a quick and easy treat

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  Panzanella salad

  Tristan Welch cooks a light bread and tomato salad, a traditional Tuscan peasant dish that will leave you begging for more

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  Lamb torte with carrots in anchovy dressing

  Instead of serving your meat and potatoes side-by-side on the plate, Steven Terry layers them up and turns them into a delicious savoury torte

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  Momma's soulatouille

  A big pot of vegetables, a little southern spice and fillets of jerk fish make Cherita Jones' hearty Soulatouille a recipe to remember

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  Peachy Christmas ham

  Clodagh McKenna's easy Christmas ham is glazed with preserved peaches, mustard and cinnamon - and ready in half an hour