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Seasonal ingredients in April

April's seasonal ingredients peak like soufflés, so make the most of them before they run out of puff. Get cracking with your crabs, pick your own watercress and go wild for morels.

Sardine recipes
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  • Tomato and sardine crostata with courgette salad
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Oyster

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Purple sprouting broccoli

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Rhubarb

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Watercress

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