RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Lemon cream rice with rhubarb and orange compote

  Luscious and lemony, Claire Macdonald's creamy, chilled rice pudding with rhubarb compote makes a delectable dessert

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  Le pot au feu with piquant sauce

  Matt Tebbutt’s recipe for a simmered dish of beef, veal and pork with vegetables is a classic French favourite

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  Bangkok in a bowl

  Nancy Lam whips up her version of thom ka gai – a classic fragrant Thai coconut and chicken soup

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  Tiramisu

  Crunchy biscotti and silky clotted cream provide a contrast of textures in this espresso-laced dessert from Clodagh McKenna

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  Rabbit with lemon dumplings

  Diana Henry slow-cooks rabbit joints wrapped in bacon and serves them with little lemon and watercress dumplings

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  Cranachan and shortbread tower

  Eadie Manson combines two traditional Scottish desserts into the perfect tea-time treat

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  Pollock with cockles, mussels, leeks and chorizo

  For an elegant dinner party dish, Stuart Gillies tops a shellfish and chorizo medley with a perfectly cooked fish fillet and a saffron-infused cream sauce

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  Chestnut roasted red pepper and Red Leicester strudel

  The perfect dish for a vegetarian Christmas lunch from the British Cheese Board

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  Blackberry, apple and maple brown betty

  A spiced crumble layer is at the top and bottom of Diana Henry's autumn comfort pud

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  Not entirely traditional guinness stew

  Dominic Cauldwell gives an oriental influence to this traditional beef stew