RECOMMENDATIONS

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  New potatoes with samphire and broad beans

  Galton Blackiston cooks with spring’s seasonal produce, along with pullet’s eggs – a slightly smaller egg from a young hen

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  Crispy shallots and peanuts on rice noodles

  Matt Tebbutt makes the most of a store cupboard staple and turns it into a delicious South East Asian noodle dish for two

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  Pasta with spicy sausage and cream

  Rachel Allen cooks a comforting family meal with Irish chorizo

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  Fillet of sea trout with hollandaise

  Galton Blackiston makes easy work of hollandaise sauce, which is the perfect accompaiment to any meaty fish

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  Amalfi lemon tart

  Theo Randall’s zesty lemon tart is an ideal taste of Italian summer

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  Lemongrass and ginger cake

  The winner from our summer, 2008, baking competition, Catherine Hudspith, shares her winning cake recipe with the fresh flavours of lemongrass and ginger.

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  Crab cakes with lime mayonnaise

  Galton Blackiston serves up an elegant starter of fried coriander crab cakes with a swirl of brown crab meat and a dollop of zesty mayonnaise

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  Steamed daurade with candied aubergine

  A knockout fish dish from Jason Atherton: basil-infused daurade with candied aubergine and home-made ketchup

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  Real hot chocolate

  Give your children a cold-weather treat when they come back from school with Tana Ramsay's piping hot drink

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  Naan bread

  Try making your own deliciously doughy naans using this fabulous Madhur Jaffrey recipe...