RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Grilled pork cutlet with prunes d'agen

  Chris Galvin serves simple pork chops with creamy mash and boozy prunes

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  Duck casserole with green olives and orange gremolata

  Bill Granger lightens a naturally rich and fatty meat in a zesty stew served with soft polenta

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  White chocolate truffles

  Harry Eastwood's tea-scented truffles look gorgeous rolled in cocoa powder, pink icing sugar or vivid green pistachios

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  Sea bass in a lemon, basil and vermouth sauce

  Theo Randall cooks an Italian coastal classic of Sea bass baked “en papillotte” with Amalfi lemons and fresh basil

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  Devon Red Ruby sandwich

  This classic beef sarnie gets the top chef treatment, with Michael Caines’s additions of plucky celeriac remoulade and confit garlic and parsley butter

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  Panettone bread and butter pudding

  Galton Blackiston uses panettone to add extra richness to this smart version of a nursery classic, enriched with mixed peel, sultanas and fresh vanilla

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  Pork belly with white beans, quince and garlic toast

  Thomasina Miers makes her Spanish-inspired dinner party main, which is bursting with flavours and is worth the 3 hour wait

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  Creamy watercress and blue cheese pasta with grilled fennel

  Fennel seeds in the sauce complement the aniseedy flavour of the grilled fennel in this recipe from The Vegetarian Society

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  Langoustine risotto with courgette flowers

  James Martin's creamy risotto incorporates delicately flavoured langoustines and is served with a crisp batter-coated courgette flower

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  Fruit slab

  Margaret Barnes bakes up this lightly spiced, fruit-filled tart to create a satisfying sweet treat