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How to make roast chicken with port and figs, served with hispi cabbage and garlic-roasted potatoes
Juicy figs add perfectly subtle sweetness to savoury dishes, says our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson.
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How to make Black Forest pavlova that's 'quite the showstopper'
If your mouth isn't watering just from the look of this picture, it might be time to check your pulse.
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How to make honey- and thyme-roasted apricots with almond pannacotta bundt and toasted almonds
Sweet and juicy apricots aren’t always easy to find, but when you do, they’re a summer highlight, says Melanie Johnson.
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How to make perfect gnocchi with courgettes, lemon and basil, ideal for a summer supper
Melanie Johnson shares a recipe that makes the most of the courgettes which are currently doing beautifully in gardens around the country.
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How to make dairy-free coconut ice cream with caramel sauce
Jeremy Pang's ice cream recipe is a perfect summer treat that anyone can enjoy.
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Tom Parker Bowles on peaches, his mother's favourite fruit... and how to turn them into a dessert that's 'summer on a plate'
'This column was very much her idea,' says our food columnist Tom Parker Bowles of his piece for this week's guest editor. And how could he refuse? She is not only The Duchess of Cornwall, but also his mother.
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How to make The Duchess of Cornwall's favourite dish: Roast chicken with tarragon and cream
John Williams, the revered executive chef of The Ritz, cooks The Duchess of Cornwall's favourite dish: Roast chicken with tarragon and cream.
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Making the ultimate elderflower jam in a bucolic place that 'is everything the English countryside should be'
Delicate yet fragrant elderflowers make a jam that tastes like an English summer–especially when married with gooseberries, finds Tessa Waugh
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How to make strawberry and frangipane galette
As the strawberry crops begin in earnest, Melanie Johnson shares a delicious treat that will help you make the most of them: strawberry and frangipane galette.
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How to make Oysters Rockefeller Deconstructed, by chef Slade Rushing
Slade Rushing of Louie London shares the recipe he put together to revitalise this classic dish.
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How to make citrus and prawn Thai massaman curry with spring greens
Spring greens are a wonderful seasonal ingredient that can be used in all sorts of ways.
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How to make Charlie Hibbert's orange and almond upside-down cake
A delicious dessert with a Mediterranean twist, Charlie's upside-down cake uses olive oil and orange in place of the pineapple you remember from childhood.
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Three wonderful fresh sprouting broccoli recipes to make the most of this sublime seasonal vegetable
Melanie Johnson shares her ways to make the most of this seasonal vegetable as it's at its best.
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Five best Easter recipes, from hot cross buns and roast lamb to an unbeatable queen of puddings
Top chefs such as Tom Aikens and Simon Hopkinson have contributed beautiful recipes to Country Life over the years — we've collated some of the best Easter recipes together.
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How to eat seasonally in April, from lamb and Jersey Royals to 'one of the true glories of the British year'
Tom Parker Bowles shares his advice for seasonal eating in April.
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How to make Emily Scott's Cornish clotted cream and lemon drizzle Bundt cake
Delicious at any time, but this lemon drizzle Bundt cake recipe from Cornish chef Emily Scott — which goes heavy on the clotted cream — is ideal for Mother's Day.
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Charlie Bigham shares his tips on how to make the perfect pie
The man whose name adorns what are arguably the best pre-prepared meals in the supermarket chillers has shared his pie tips with us, to mark British Pie Week.
