RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Baked beans with potatoes and cheese

  Matthew Fort jazzes up a simple baked beans with chunks of potato and hot bubbling cheese

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  Custard

  Sophie Grigson shares the secret of making the perfect custard

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  Potted flookburgh shrimps with blade mace butter

  Nigel Haworth shares his recipe for this Cumbrian specialty that’s guaranteed to please the tastebuds

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  White asparagus with ham hock and egg dressing

  Dress up new season asparagus with this luxurious ham and egg dish from Bryn Williams

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  Sea bass ceviche with beetroot and pomegranate salsa

  Thomasina Miers shows us the ultimate ingredients for a majestic Mexican dinner party with her starter of fish ‘cooked’ in lime juice

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  Ham knuckle salad with pineapple, egg and spring onion mayonnaise

  Paul Heathcote makes a meal of salad with home-poached ham knuckle

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  Dark and sticky spare ribs

  This is sticky finger food at its very best from Diana Henry

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  Stuffed Baked Rooster Potatoes

  Andrew Fairlie takes a few simple ingredients and teams them with delicious Rooster potatoes for a great warming snack

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  Spaghetti with cockles

  Tom Aikens’ simple seafood pasta would make an elegant dinner party dish

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  Green banana curry

  Sophie Grigson cooks Vanessa Hewitt’s recipe for savoury bananas in a spiced coconut sauce