RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Bbq'd leg of lamb with lavender and apple jelly

  Fresh lavender flowers add a subtle fragrance to barbecued lamb in Lotte Duncan's creative summertime recipe

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  Magic beans

  Allegra McEvedy prepares a toothsome mezze dish of green beans slowly cooked with plenty of garlic, herbs, and lemon juice

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  Ulster fry and steamed fried eggs

  Enjoy a classic Ulster breakfast with Paul Rankin's carefully detailed recipe

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  Guacamole dip with plantain chips

  Creamy-textured avocadoes work well with leafy coriander and perky chillies in this flavoursome dish by Gino D'Acampo

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  Warm bean salad with British brie

  Try this tasty salad from The British Cheese Board as a starter, light lunch or healthy supper

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  Bulgur pilaf with toasted almonds and dried fruit

  Fluff up your ideas with this light pilaf, full of succulent slivers of dried apricot and prunes and crunchy toasted nuts

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  Cumberland tattie pot

  A hearty one pot meal, Richard Muirhead cooks succulent lamb and vegetables in cider topped with golden potato slices and black pudding

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  Creamy potato salad with smoked salmon and crispy soda bread

  This recipe by Matthew Fort offers a wonderful play on differing textures, with soft salmon jazzing up ordinary potato salad

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  Escalopes of salmon with sorrel sauce

  James Martin's sharp tangy lemon-scented sorrel sauce cuts through the richness of flavoursome salmon in this tasty recipe

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  Bullshot

  With a base of beef consommé, flavoured with Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and sherry, Tom Parker Bowles' cocktail is not for the faint-hearted