RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Ayrshire Royal Rooster Potato Salad with Balsamic Dressing

  Andrew Fairlie combines tasteful Italian balsamic dressing with home-grown Scottish potatoes

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  Caramelised blood oranges with anise

  Thomasina Miers prepares a colourful dessert that contrasts the tart sweetness of blood oranges with crisp, dark caramel

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  Hot buffalo southern fried chicken wings

  Charita Jones’s recipe for a North American favourite, spiced up with a special homemade Cajun seasoning, will be a sure-fire hit at any dinner party

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  Sautéed chicken liver salad

  Chicken livers are an economical purchase, and so easy to work into a delicious starter, as shown by Paul Rankin

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  John Dory with crushed new potatoes

  Whole garlic and thyme-baked fish sit atop olive oil, anchovy and chilli-spiked vegetables in Bjorn Van Der Horst's supper for two

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  Bullshot

  With a base of beef consommé, flavoured with Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and sherry, Tom Parker Bowles' cocktail is not for the faint-hearted

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  Fresh ceps with chilli and garlic

  Mike Robinson celebrates wild autumnal mushrooms with perky chillies and garlic in this quick snack or starter

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  Dovedale & beetroot layered yorkshire pudding

  A colourful dish with tangy vegetarian blue cheese from The Vegetarian Society

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  Tarte tatin with cinnamon ice cream

  Rachel Thompson complements this classic French pudding with a lightly spiced ice cream

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  Orange cheesecake

  Michel Roux uses pâte sablée in this fresh orange cheesecake – it’s more fragile and delicate than pate sucrée (sweet shortcrust pastry), but melts in the mouth like no other pastry. One of the all-time great cheesecake recipes