RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Real hot chocolate

  Give your children a cold-weather treat when they come back from school with Tana Ramsay's piping hot drink

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  Fragrant persian chicken pilaff

  This chicken biryani style pilaff is brought to you from Alastair Hendy's Home Cook

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  Thai style cauliflower and carrot terrine with chilli and peanut dressing

  A pretty vegetable terrine with layers of white and orange and a kick of fresh ginger from The Vegetarian Society

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  Scallops with crispy shallots

  Matt Tebbutt shows how to get the most out of seasonal shallots in this elegant starter

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  Vegetable bhaji

  Marut Sikha's version of the rich and butery Pao Bhaji, the most popular of the many street foods on offer in Mumbai

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  Breadcrumbed halibut with white bean casserole

  Rosario Guarneri serves crisp coated halibut with a Basque-style pimento and chorizo sauce and a rich pork and bean casserole

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  Roast crispy pork

  Ken Hom shares the secret to getting crispy skin with a technique similar to the one used for Peking Duck. Then the skin is slowly roasted so that most of the fat cooks off, leaving soft tender pork flesh marbled with velvety fat

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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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  Bakewell tart

  Chrissy Ashworth adds fresh raspberries to this traditional Derbyshire pudding to compliment the crisp pastry base and the moist almond filling

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  Chinese duck stir-fry

  Healthy, quick and full of flavour: try Tana Ramsay’s easy recipe