RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Beef stir fry with pak choi and red peppers

  Gary Rhodes' speedy stir fry with beef, pak choi and red peppers makes a great mid-week supper

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  Lotte a l'americaine

  Sophie Grigson makes one of her mother's favourite dishes

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  Fried red mullet with tomato and sardine sauce

  Get your fish fix with this Michelin-quality dish from Jason Atherton

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  White chocolate mousse with black pepper and fresh mint

  Black pepper gives a lovely warm kick to this creamy mousse from Gino D’Acampo

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  Shrimp in sherry sauce

  Matthew Fort pays homage to the Galloping Gourmet chef Graham Kerr with his dish of prawns in a creamy egg sherry sauce

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  Plum frangipane

  Rosemary Shrager bakes a beautiful tart with classic French frangipane cream and seasonal plums

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  Neck fillet of lamb with mozzarella and tapanade

  The neck fillet of lamb is an inexpensive cut and full of flavour, especially with these Mediterranean flavours.

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  Parmesan scrambled eggs on sourdough bread

  Give scrambled eggs on toast a bit of a mix-up and try Amanda Lamb’s updated version

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  Scallops with clementine, ham and almond salad

  Richard Corrigan makes a colourful Spanish-inspired starter with a sherry and clementine dressing

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  Moroccan fish cakes with hot pepper sauce

  Gurnard, a firm, white-fleshed fish, combines with harissa (a hot chilli paste) and other Moroccan flavourings in Diana Henry’s extra spicy fish cakes.