RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Braised duck with peas

  Brian Turner cooks up a hearty meal of slow-cooked duck with a rich bacon and pea sauce

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  Plaice with parmesan courgettes

  Tana Ramsay cooks rounds of courgettes with garlic, lemon and a crisp coating of parmesan to serve with fish

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  Lemon cheesecake

  Try James Martin's luscious lemony cheesecakes for an easy and elegant answer to a speedy but special dessert

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  Crab cakes with lime mayonnaise

  Galton Blackiston serves up an elegant starter of fried coriander crab cakes with a swirl of brown crab meat and a dollop of zesty mayonnaise

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  Dark sticky gingerbread

  This deliciously treacly gingerbread from Rachel Allen comes with a lemon drizzle-like topping.

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  Lamb Biryani

  Madhur Jaffrey's flavoursome lamb biryani is studded with onions, sultanas and almonds and topped with hard boiled eggs

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  Big Appleberry Finn

  A refreshing fruity drink made with Finlandia Cranberry and berries, to give that extra Christmassy taste.

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  Chicken Soup with Mousseline Sauce

  Matthew Fort adapts a Paul Heathcote recipe to make a deliciously rich and creamy chicken soup

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  Bubble and squeak

  Use up your leftover cabbage and make James Martin's dead-easy classic recipe of crisp potato cakes

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  Lancashire hotpot with pickled red cabbage

  Lancashire hotpot, made with a chef's eye for detail, from Nigel Haworth