RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pigs' ear cake

  Nope this isn't a novelty-shaped kids' cake, Claude Bosi really does add strips of blanched pigs’ ears to a parmesan and parsley sponge – you heard it here first!

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  Gong bao ji ding (kung pao chicken with peanuts)

  A glorious medley of chicken, golden peanuts, and bright red chillies with a sweet-sour sauce from Fuchsia Dunlop

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  Bouillabaisse

  Typically Mediterranean, Rick Stein's tasty mix of fish is cloaked in a deliciously aromatic broth

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  Mussels in a bin lid

  You will need to use scrupulously clean metal bin lid for Arthur Potts Dawson’s fabulous barbecue dish of mussels with fennel, pineapple and beer

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  Loin of venison en croûte

  Parsley pancakes, chopped fennel and mushroom and venison loin are encased in deliciously crisp puff pasty in Galton Blackiston’s dinner party centrepiece

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  Condensed milk ice cream with raspberry salad

  This surprisingly light and refreshing dessert includes Bryn William's patriotic recipe for Welsh shortbread

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  Tarragon chicken

  A one-pot dish with a classic combination of flavours from Tana Ramsay

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  Liver and onions with bacon

  Sheila Day serves this great British favourite alongside creamy mash and lightly buttered carrots

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  Scallop, jerusalem artichoke and lentil salad

  Diana Henry combines textures and tastes in a stylish starter for six

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  Jam shortbreads

  From James Martin, scrumptious buttery shortbreads with a jammy 'button' in the middle