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This method for cooking leeks brings out their soft butteriness and can be used on mushrooms, too. Just add pasta and a little cheese, and you have a perfect, comforting dinner
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Step boldly into spring with these sharp, bright salads -
This zingy, herby dish looks wonderful when it’s brought to the table -
Debora Robertson’s whole roast sea bass for a special family lunch or Rosie Sykes’s baked mushrooms for a lighter evening snack – recipes that are anything but your average Sunday meal -
A low-maintenance roast that’s brilliantly versatile
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Batch-cook and chill supermarket rice, ready to knock up a takeaway-style fried rice, or throw together a risotto-style tray that you just mix up and bake -
Canned sardines, mackerel and shellfish make a quick and easy dinner. Just add bread or pasta … -
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Chicken schnitzels coated in semolina crumb with a pea salsa, savoury south Indian cakes for dipping in coconut chutney and spicy oil, and irresistible lemony semolina and almond cookies
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A herby soup and lentil balls to soak up winter’s last larder essentials and power us forward into spring. By Nigel Slater -
Spoil Mum with homemade scotch eggs, freshly baked scones with ginger and rhubarb compote and a citrus cocktail slushie -
Oregano-stuffed porchetta with pickled herby shallots and a side of lemony potatoes and rainbow chard; plus, in the unlikely event that you’ve any leftovers, an apple and kohlrabi salad with porchetta and horseradish -
A short and intriguing history of the flamboyant radicchio illustrates this recipe for a rich and satisfying way to roast a chicken
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Amplify the flavour of blueberries with tangy lime and warming ginger -
Four bakes to welcome spring: a brioche bostock with rhubarb, coconut and almonds, a no-bake take on the classic lemon tart, a light sponge soaked in malted tea and topped with cream, and chewy little pistachio and orange cakes -
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An extravagant starter or main course for a special occasion -
A flavoursome Sunday-night supper – vary the mushrooms according to the season -
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Buttery shortcrust pastry combines with a curd-like filling -
A pudding where crunchy-topped croissants soak up warm, saffron-infused custard -
An unusual and attractive fruity sweet treat. By Nigel Slater
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Smoked fish, mussels and potato combine to create a memory-laden dish -
Inject some extra flashiness into this traditional dish with a delicious anchovy-laced sauce -
Simple and pretty heavenly – the perfect antidote to the Sunday-night blues
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Grilled sweet pepper with a super-savoury miso bagna cauda, an aromatic roast cauliflower masala, and aubergine steaks soaking up a rich Mexican sauce -
There’s a punchy surprise hidden in this otherwise familiar tomato pasta sauce -
A Korean national favourite and an enterprising way to spice up Shrove Tuesday (or plain old ‘pancake day’ in the UK) -
Spuds you’ll definitely like: potato cakes with a tempting lime pickle yoghurt, and smashed spuds stuffed with mustardy leeks
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Two cheap meals using tinned tomatoes: tomato pasta gets a Cajun makeover, and a vegetarian version of the classic Hungarian stew -
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Hitting that sweet spot between a pudding and a juice is a numbers game, our panel of smoothie experts agree -
Introducing the flummadiddle, a sort of cross between bread pudding, french toast and a fry-up, and an intriguing way to use up stale bread -
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A tropical tipple with a south-east Asian angle -
With a basic understanding of flavour and some creative substitutions, anyone can mix a drink that tastes better than the sum of its parts -
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