RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Mussels in sweet and sour chilli sauce

  Mussels make the perfect mid-week supper as they take virtually no time to prepare and taste absolutely delicious, especially with this sweet and sour chilli sauce.

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  Hot mustard and turkey cheese burgers

  These turkey burgers are flavoured with garlic, mustard and Worcestershire sauce and topped with bubbling Cheddar cheese

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  Mexican tacos

  Create an authentic Mexican feast with Maria Price's homemade tortillas filled with cortadillo, drunken beans and a fresh guacamole

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  Jollof rice

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  Green banana curry

  Sophie Grigson cooks Vanessa Hewitt’s recipe for savoury bananas in a spiced coconut sauce

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  Roast pollack with spiced shrimp butter and chard

  Matt Tebbutt’s brown shrimp butter is the perfect accompaniment for the simple, clean flavours of roast pollack

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  Poppy seed cake with vanilla buttercream icing

  This fabulously rich cake from Rachel Allen is best eaten with lashings of the vanilla buttercream

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  Gazpacho with herb croutons

  Try Jo Pratt’s cooling recipe for this iced Spanish soup of tomatoes, peppers and onions for a summer treat

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  Lamb and apricot curry

  A spiced lamb stew, Jardaloo ma Gosht, with apricots and crisp potatoes from Parsee cook Farzana Contractor

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  Lamb with smoked garlic and Provencal vegetables

  Daniel Galmiche serves pan-fried lamb chops with roasted tomatoes, Provencal vegetables and sauce vierge in typical French style