RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Veal paillard

  Tom Parker Bowles keeps it simple in this French recipe for tender, paper-thin fillet served along with a piquant chicory salad

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  Sloe gin

  Give in to a little tipsy temptation with this fabulous fruity Sloe Gin with va-va-voom by Marcia Ross

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  Liver and onions with bacon

  Sheila Day serves this great British favourite alongside creamy mash and lightly buttered carrots

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  Panzanella salad

  Tristan Welch cooks a light bread and tomato salad, a traditional Tuscan peasant dish that will leave you begging for more

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  Pasta with broccoli pesto

  Silvana Franco serves a simple family meal of pasta with a home-made rough broccoli pesto

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  Venison en croute with winter vegetables

  Elspeth McNaughton wraps venison fillets in mushrooms and haggis in this very Scottish dish

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  Chicken and mushrooms served with seasonal greens

  Richard Phillips cooks up a light mid-week supper that’s a brilliant balance of flavours and textures, served with a rich Madeira sauce

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  The perfect hollandaise sauce

  Simon Rimmer’s cracked the recipe for this classic French condiment, and it’s as easy as ever to prepare

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  Nigerian rice and stew

  Grace Kerry makes a mixed meat and fish stew that you can make as spicy as you dare

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  Rosemary chicken with herby lentils

  Arthur Potts Dawson cooks a whole boned chicken on the griddle for tender meat with a slightly smoky flavour