RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Bocca di lupo with fresh tomato sauce

  Aaron Craze whips up a variation of ravioli – the shape refers to ‘the mouth of the wolf’ –with a sauce that speaks of Italian summer

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  Asparagus, halloumi and rapeseed oil salad

  Rachel Green’s spring salad is a vibrant mix of crisp asparagus and toothsome grilled halloumi cheese

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  Pistachio and cardamom cake with warm spiced figs

  Transport yourself to the Arabian Nights with Diana Henry's beautiful spiced cake

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  Salmon and wild garlic

  James Martin's recipe for salmon fillets served in a rich, garlic-flavoured sauce with spring onion mash makes a stunning dish

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  Plaice with homemade tartare sauce

  Galton Blackiston serves line-caught plaice as part of a coastal-themed dinner party – and once you try his homemade tartare sauce you’ll never buy the store-bought stuff again!

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  Sambutes

  These stuffed miniature tortillas – adapted by Tom Parker Bowles from Mexican food author, Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz – are ideal to serve with drinks

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  Devilled kidneys on toast

  Cayenne pepper, mustard powder, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce give Tom Parker Bowles’ kidneys their devilled flavour

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  Roast cherry tomatoes mascarpone pasta

  A lovely pasta on its on or serve with chicken or fish.

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  Miso soup

  Make a batch of Jess and Laura Tilli's simple miso soup when your body craves something light and healthy

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  Roast pigeon with Jerusalem artichokes

  Rediscover the flavour of game with Thomasina Miers’ simple wood pigeon with charred Jerusalem artichokes and a vivid green parsley oil