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Roast chicken recipes

Saffron roast chicken stuffed with dried fruit

Saghar Setareh shares her recipe for Iranian saffron roast chicken. The sweet-sour fruit stuffing perfectly complements the golden chicken.

Gluten-free

Easy

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Mango dessert recipes

Mango-misu

Mango-misu takes the main elements of a classic tiramisu – mascarpone, boozy zabaglione and sponge fingers – but swaps out the coffee for sweet mangoes instead. A make-ahead marvel.

Easy

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Cake recipes

Strawberry chiffon cake

A great summer sponge, chiffon cake’s uniquely satisfying texture means you can squeeze the sponge and it will quickly bounce back into shape, like an ACTUAL sponge.

Vegetarian

Medium

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Recipes that will make you excited for autumn

Beef carpaccio salad with fresh figs

This simple but mighty beef carpaccio salad makes the most of sweet ripe figs, and it looks really special on the table.

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Fig recipes

Fig and goat’s cheese sweet tartlets

These fig and goats cheese tartlets are a twist on cheesecake, featuring oats and seeds in the crunchy base and a lightly sweetened goat’s cheese on top.

Gluten-free Vegetarian

Medium

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Apricot recipes

Roast pork loin with lavender honey-glazed apricots

In this lovely roast pork recipe, lavender honey-glazed apricots soak up the meat juices and are served with pork, potatoes and a salad.

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Patisserie recipes

Choux buns with raspberry, rose and pistachio

These choux buns are filled with a silky pistachio cream and a sharp raspberry and rose coulis – plus a pretty speckled craquelin on top.

Vegetarian

Easy

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Celebration cake recipes

Pistachio layer cake with cream cheese frosting

This magnificent pistachio cake combines a light and nutty sponge with a decadently rich cream cheese icing!

Freezable Vegetarian

Medium

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Coronation recipes

Bangla egg-stuffed mutton chops

Try Vivek Singh's egg-stuffed update on mutton chops. This Bengali favourite adorns the menus of many clubs back in India and it is extra special.

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Rice recipes

Tahdig (crispy Persian rice)

Get to grips with tahdig (rispy Persian rice). Yuma Hashemi shows you how to achieve the perfect crispy-chewy saffron rice every time.

Gluten-free Vegetarian

Easy

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Winter pasta recipes

Lasagne sheets with celeriac sauce, olive tapenade and egg yolk

Sheets of pasta don’t just have to become lasagne! In Liguria, they’re traditionally served tossed in pesto, but they’re great with any creamy, rich sauce.

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Celebrity chef Christmas recipes

Jeremy Lee’s profiterole tower

A classic profiterole tower: delicate choux puffs stuffed with custard and ice cream, with a jug of warm chocolate sauce to pour over the top.

Vegetarian

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September seasonal recipes

Confit duck leg with shoestring fries and plum ketchup

Meltingly tender duck and a tangle of crisp potatoes are paired with a sweet, tangy plum sauce in this surprisingly easy confit duck recipe.

Dairy-free

Easy

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African recipes

Smoky jollof rice

Jollof rice gets a smoky flavour boost in this delicious jollof recipe from Lerato Umah-Shaylor. One helping is never enough.

Dairy-free Gluten-free Vegan

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Brilliant blackberry recipes

Lemon and blackberry stripe cake

This lemon and blackberry cake is an eye-catching centrepiece for any birthday or bake sale. The real drama comes when cutting it open to reveal the vertical stripes of sponge.