RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Potato scones

  Hugh Smith's potato scones are easy to prepare, quick to cook, and best served with lashings of butter!

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  Cumberland sausages with colcannon mash and thyme gravy

  Irish colcannon is made up of mashed potatoes mixed with cabbage and onions - it makes a comforting accompaniment to chunky Cumberland sausages and onion thyme gravy

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  Home-made pot noodles

  It only takes a few minutes to make your own! It's fun to serve them in a cup, a bit like pot noodles, from Annabel Karmel

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  Jellied bacon and parsley with potato salad

  Matt Tebbutt plays with texture in this sensational starter of savoury bacon and creamy Jersey Royal potatoes

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  Lamb with a herb crust, alexander and white asparagus

  Jun Tanaka’s winning combination of lamb with fresh herbs and vegetables makes a wonderful main course for a spring dinner

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  Ikan bakar (baked butterfish wrapped in banana leaf)

  A hot, sour and spicy marinade will fill the room with a wonderful fragrance as you open up Mark Reid’s butterfish parcels at the table

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  Fillet of beef with wild mushrooms and truffle

  For a ‘no expense spared’ dish, try James Martin’s beef with creamy wild mushroom sauce

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  Tuna steak with baked potato and broccoli

  Try Nell McAndrew's simple and healthy take on tuna steak

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  Deep-fried oysters with Irish stout

  Allow about 4-5 oysters per person in this simple ‘food for a fiver’ recipe - chef Paul Merrett suggests using Irish rock oysters

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  Citrus cola

  Invite friends and their children round for Tristan Stephenson's homemade cola drink using lively citric zest, spices, vanilla and lavender