RECOMMENDATIONS

• 

  'Egg flower' drop soup

  In Ching-He Huang's recipe, the silky tendrils of softly cooked egg give this classic Chinese soup its unique texture

• 

  Hot mulled cider punch

  For a warming winter tipple packed with flavour, try Joe Wadsack's sweet and spicy mulled cider punch

• 

  Apple pie

  For a comforting winter treat, try Matt Tebbut’s recipe for traditional home-baked apple pie

• 

  Steamed sea bass in hot beer and ginger lime sauce

  Ching He Huang makes an Asian-inspired dish of whole steamed fish with a tangy sweet and sour sauce spiced with zingy ginger

• 

  Tuna carpaccio with rocket and Parmesan

• 

  Apple, bramble and custard bake

  Alan Air gives a truly inspirational twist to the good old apple and blackberry crumble, by cooking it with the custard already inside...

• 

  White chocolate and avocado semi-freddo

  Aaron Craze makes an unusual dish using the forgotten fruit, avocadoes,which are eaten as a sweet in milkshakes and desserts across the world

• 

  Potato-coated lamb cutlets

  Cyrus Todiwalla serves Parsee-style lamb cutlets covered with spiced mashed potato, rolled in semolina, fried and served with an onion and tomato gravy

• 

  Porcini risotto

  This dish is popular throughout northern Italy, especially in Piedmont, and is one of Antonio Carluccio's favourite dishes

• 

  Sausages with salami and lentils

  Nigel Slater makes a hearty rough-edged casserole that gives the impression of having been cooked for hours but is pretty much ready to eat in 45 minutes