RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chicken dippers with potato wedges

  Kids will adore Philippa Forrester’s delicious home-made and healthier alternative to purchased fast food

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  Poached eggs with asparagus

  Simplicity itself, this James Martin recipe depends upon good quality ingredients, such as the freshest asparagus, to be enjoyed at its best

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  Sprouted bean ussal

  Anjum Anand’s mixed bean and vegetable starter combines an aromatic mixture of spices, with a hint of coconut

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  Mama's beef stew with dumplings

  Faith Brown rustles up winner of a dinner with this hearty stew and light-as-air dumplings - just like Mama used to make

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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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  Bird in a bird roast

  James Martin spurns the turkey for his Christmas lunch, instead cooking up a stunning four-bird roast

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  Albondigas (meatballs)

  Gino D'Acampo's mouth-watering meatballs are served with a flavoursome Chipotle sauce which gives a distinctive Mexican flavour to this dish

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  Parsnip and sherry soup with hazelnut pesto

  The addition of hazelnut pesto to Shaun Hill's soup gives both contrast and life to the dish

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  Sweet potato falafel with aioli

  Allegra McEvedy makes a delicious vegetarian dish from roasted sweet potatoes served with a light fluffy aioli

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  Fricassée of chicken legs with Lyonnaise potatoes

  Anthony Demetre cooks the potatoes in their jackets for his Lyonnaise potatoes to help prevent them from disintegrating when they are fried later