RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pasta with meatballs and tomato sauce

  Francesca Contini makes a traditional Italian dish of tagliatelle with mince balls using home-made pasta

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  Steamed wild bass with mussel tartare

  Speckled with gherkins, capers and lightly steamed mussels, Stephen Harris’ fish dish looks delicate, but is packed with robust flavours

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  Lamb chops with potato salad

  Simplicity is key with Simon Rimmer’s recipe of new potato and anchovy salad and grilled lamb

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  Singin' hinnies with spiced butter

  Sophie Grigson recalls a fond childhood favourite - a Sunderland recipe of fried scones that appear to 'sing' as they sizzle while being cooked

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  Rigatoni with aubergine, tomato and basil

  Theo Randall’s tomato pasta dish is a great mid-week staple and will be on the table in no time at all

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  Poached eggs with pomegranate molasses

  For breakfast with a difference, Allegra McEvedy cooks a simple traditional Lebanese egg dish called Beid bi debs el remenn

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  Black Forest gateau

  Nigel Kirkup brings back this 1960's classic, layers of chocolate sponge sandwiched together with chocolate mousse, and cherries before being smothered in cream and topped with chocolate shavings

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  Twice-cooked duck curry with sweet potatoes

  Ben O’Donoghue’s Thai-style curry is fragrant with a delicious combination of herbs, spices and coconut cream

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  Salt-crusted sea bass with a salad of pourpier

  James Martin puts unusual ingredients to use in his salt-baked fish dish with pork and purslane salad

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  Steak tartare

  Healthy and delicious, this beef dish by Rick Stein calls for finest quality meat...