RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Blood orange mousse with blood orange sorbet

  Galton Blackiston uses blood oranges to create a velvety mousse complemented with a vivid red sorbet which can be made ahead for an impressive dinner party dessert

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  Courgette Christmas candles

  Serve your guests these stunning looking guilt-free morsels from the Vegetarian Society

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  Spicy chicken pasta

  Paul Merrett shows us how to bite back at the credit crunch with a favourite family supper that serves two for a fiver

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  Elizabeth raffold's orange custard

  Tamasin Day Lewis creates a delightful orange dessert based on Elizabeth Raffold's creamy orange custard

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  Lemony leeks & sprouts

  Spruce up your Christmas sprouts by adding leeks and lemon juice, in this simple citrus inspired recipe from the Vegetarian Society

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  Plum, damson and poppy seed sponge pudding

  For a cool autumn night, Martin Blunos creates the perfect steamed pudding, fragrant with plums and cinnamon

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  Banana and peanut butter muffins

  Rachel Allen's tempting muffins are made with bananas and crunchy peanut butter and are simply irresistible

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  Rice pudding with boozy prunes

  Stewed in tea and Armagnac, prunes add a kick to Diane Johnson's traditional rice pudding

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  Pan-fried cod with smoked sausage and choucroute

  Daniel Galmiche makes a wintery surf and turf dish that uses the best of Alsace ingredients

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  Pheasant with prosciutto, marsala, glazed turnips and game chips

  Arthur Potts Dawson proves that you don’t have to compromise on taste to save money with his thrifty game dish