RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Guinea fowl with mushrooms, smoked bacon and baby onions

  Lawrence Keogh makes an autumnal dish of braised guinea fowl and mushrooms in a reduced white wine sauce

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  Solstice pudding

  Suz Evasdaughter has devised this really fruity spiced dessert that looks great and is quick and easy to make

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  Chicory, blue cheese, pecan and cranberry salad

  Rachel Allen's colourful salad is quick and simple to make and makes a very tasty light meal or side dish

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  Lebanese borek

  Crisp little cigars of feta-filled filo pastry make a great snack or starter in this hassle free recipe from Janet Brinkworth

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  Contemporary cup cakes

  Bring out your inner child with Paul Young's creative recipe for cup cakes, fun to make and to eat

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  Prune and almond tarts

  Pure indulgence from James Martin - crisp, golden pastry cases filled with frangipane and juicy prunes

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  Venison and mushroom pasty

  Sophie Grigson makes perfect autumn picnic fare with a venison, shitake mushroom and juniper pasty

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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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  Goat's curd mousse with tomatoes

  Curd is mixed into a light mousse and dolloped over a colourful mixture of tomatoes in Jun Tanaka’s pretty starter

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  Italian sausage, porcini and tomato penne

  Theo Randall makes a simple pasta dish that’s bursting with flavour and serves two for less than £5