RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Baked salmon in pastry

  For a dinner party or buffet dish guaranteed to wow guests, try Tamasin Day-Lewis's salmon in pastry with creamy herb sauce

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  Sea trout with samphire and confit lemons

  Good things come to those who wait as Bryn Williams slow-cooked dinner party dish proves

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  Grilled lobster with samphire and homemade salad cream

  Elegantly simple, John Quilter’s lobster dish would make a wonderful special occasion dinner for two

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  Kozhi Melagu Veruval

  Atul Kochhar’s fried chicken dish is spicy with pepper and other Indian ingredients but is not chilli-hot

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  Lasagna al forno

  With its rich meat sauce and home-made béchamel, Tamasin Day-Lewis's magnificent lasagne will have everyone clamouring for seconds

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  Spinach and ricotta tortellini

  John Burton-Race gives these delicious pasta parcels an extra something with truffle oil and parmesan

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  Devilled kidneys on toast

  Cayenne pepper, mustard powder, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce give Tom Parker Bowles’ kidneys their devilled flavour

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  Black bream with wild oregano

  Make the most of the sweet firm flesh of black bream served whole with roasted peppers and Swiss chard

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  Dutch apple cake

  Rachel Allen’s recipe is an old favourite – the apples sink to the bottom as it cooks, leaving a light sponge with a crisp sugary crust

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  Pork belly hot pot

  Pork belly is a cheap but delicious cut of meat, and Jun Tanaka makes the best of its fatty texture in a meltingly good soy-based hot pot