RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Salt cod croquettes

  Creamy cod and mashed potatoes meet garlic, parsley and capers to make these fabulous golden fried croquettes from Ross Burden

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  Spicy chicken with plantain chips and mango chutney

  Paul Merrett enjoys a bit of sunshine cooking with this zingy recipe from the tropics

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  Barszcz z uszkami (beetroot soup with mushroom pockets)

  Robert Kusy makes a perfectly pink soup with John Torode

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  Rack of lamb on Welsh onion cake

  Eleanor Smallwood’s Teisen nionod, or onion cake, is Welsh comfort food at its best – layers of potatoes and onion baked in butter until meltingly soft

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  Chilli and tamarind barbecued fish

  Mild Kashmiri chillies give a little heat while tamarind gives a sweet and sour note to this Pomfret Recheado, from Ananda Solomon

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  Aubergine and courgette crostinis

  Diana Henry makes two tasty vegetable toppings to pile onto slices of crisp garlicky toast

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  Chocolate fondant

  This chocolate fondant from Trish Deseine is one of the moistest you can imagine, and is also very easy to make

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  Spicy cucumber wedges

  A squirt of lemon juice and a pinch of cayenne pepper, ground black pepper and roasted cumin seeds taste fabulous with sliced cucumber - try this Madhur Jaffrey recipe tonight...

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  Salt and pepper squid with mango chutney

  Jamie Oliver’s crispy squid is perfectly complemented by home-made mango chutney and a fragrant herb salad.

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  Figs wrapped in Parma ham

  James Martin combines fruity British chutney with salty north Italian ham in his make-ahead starter