RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Tarte tatin with cinnamon ice cream

  Rachel Thompson complements this classic French pudding with a lightly spiced ice cream

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  Chicken salad with apricots

  Maggie Beer, Australia’s answer to Delia, cooks a delicious dish of chicken pepped up with tangy verjuice

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  Chicken, barley and parsley broth

  Paul Rankin shares his mother’s recipe for a hearty and warming chicken soup

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  Tamarind chutney

  Tangy tamarind chutney makes a zingy accompaniment to grilled fish and chicken from Gary Rhodes and Fazil Bacchus

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  Double ginger cake

  Lightly crisp on top and with a good, open texture, Nigel Slater's ginger cake is light, moist and delicately gingery.

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  Shropshire blue, orange and spinach salad

  A salad from The British Cheese Board that is packed with goodness - calcium in the cheese, spinach and almonds, with plenty of Vitamin C in the oranges and spinach too.

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  Confit of artichokes with fried sweetbreads

  In Jacob Kenedy's recipe, the creamy textures of the artichokes are mimicked by the smooth veal sweetbreads for a rich and delicious starter

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  Rich hoi sin beef

  Hoi sin sauce adds a lovely sweet savoury flavour to the beef in Chef Yang from Amoy's quick stir-fried dish

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  Veggie haggis

  This Scottish favourite is given a vegetarian twist with nuts, lentils and mushrooms, from The Vegetarian Society

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  Smoked trout fishcakes with treacle-cured bacon

  Paul Merrett proves thrifty can still be tasty with his delicious food for a fiver fishcakes