RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Curried fish soup (Me ga thi)

  Merrilees Parker’s Laos soup is great fun to serve - it should be garnished by each diner according to their personal tastes

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  Santa’s Little Helper

  Cup your hands around this tasty tipple and feel toasty inside and out. Fruity and comforting, the smooth warmed golden rum perfectly complements the dry cranberry and sour apple. This drink can easily be made in larger quantities for groups or parties.

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  Fried sea bass with salsa

  Mitch and Matt accompany sea bass with a simple Asian-inspired salsa served with spring vegetables and prawns

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  Lamb samosas with a mint yogurt dip

  Ideal for a cocktail party or mezze, Tana Ramsay's little parcels are a contrast of succulent lamb and crunchy filo pastry

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  Polish beetroot soup with dumplings (barszcz)

  Rob Elliot recreates a traditional beetroot soup served with little mushroom dumplings

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  Easter orange cake with lemon icing

  Instead of an overload of chocolate or crème eggs, try Tana Ramsay’s light cake for afternoon tea this Easter, complete with adorable shredded wheat birds’ nests

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  Roast chestnuts with vanilla and star anise

  Warm up on bonfire night with Matt Tebbutt's hot nuts

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  Baked Cromer crab

  The sweet flavour of Cromer crab is worth seeking out. Try these baked crabs as an elegant starter or ideal weekend lunch.

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  Lemon trifle

  Sink your spoon into deep, billowing layers of cream, sponge and lemon or orange curd in this luxuriously easy trifle from Nigel Slater

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  Garlic crostini with goats' cheese and red onion marmalade

  Salty cheese and sweet red onions make Gee Charman's party morsels very moreish