RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Vegetable tempura with Japanese dipping sauce

  Silvana Franco whips up a classic Japanese restaurant dish with seasonal vegetables and a light soy-based dipping sauce

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  Classic trifle

  Jenny Linford's classic English dessert is a delightful dish with which to round off a meal and is wonderfully simple to prepare

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  Gado gado

  Yufrita Skyner combines tender crisp vegetables with a spicy peanut sauce to create this colourful Indonesian dish

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  Apricot brioche delight

  Malcolm Archer serves this custard-topped pudding with apricot and amaretti ice cream for a match made in heaven

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  Poached eggs in red wine

  This classic French recipe of poaching eggs in wine is what inspired Merrilees Parker to become a chef, with its bold flavours and colours

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  Sausage and pea risotto

  Vary the sausages you use in Ainsley Harriot's risotto - top notch pork and leek or Toulouse sausages are both particularly good

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  Poached oysters with dill-pickled cucumber

  Impress guests with Adam Byatt's super-trendy starter, served with foamed oyster sauce

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  Drambuie set cream with warmed raspberries

  A rich tempting dessert from Eadie Manson, that's liberally laced with Drambuie and ginger wine and served with warm, sweet raspberries

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  Grilled plaice with béarnaise sauce

  Stuart Gillies pairs a wonderfully rich tarragon-flavoured butter and egg sauce with perfectly grilled fish and a simple salad

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  Sloe gin

  Give in to a little tipsy temptation with this fabulous fruity Sloe Gin with va-va-voom by Marcia Ross