RECOMMENDATIONS

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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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  Roast beef with yorkshire pudding and horseradish potato cake

  Brian Turner serves up traditional roast beef with puffy Yorkshire puds, flavour-packed potato cake and garlicky spring greens speckled with bacon

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  Bitter and twisted

  The soulshakers shake up a grapefruit vodka cocktail with a delightfully bitter edge

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  Seared Cornish squid with chorizo

  Paul Merrett cooks a tapas-style dish of seared Cornish squid with spicy sausage

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  Beef with mendu wada

  Cyrus Todiwala transforms a rib of beef into an aromatic, deeply flavoursome dish with a sublime sauce and crisp lentil fitters on the side

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  Butter chicken

  A recipe from Moti Mahal restaurant for what is jokingly referred to as the national bird of Punjab, a much-loved Murgh Makhani

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  Elizabeth raffold's orange custard

  Tamasin Day Lewis creates a delightful orange dessert based on Elizabeth Raffold's creamy orange custard

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  Banana bread

  Sarah Kenyon bakes a deliciously moist cake-like bread using overripe bananas

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  Broth of lamb sweetbreads with peas, mint and lettuce

  Combining the richness of sweetbreads with the simplicity of a fresh herb broth, Garrey Dawson’s recipe is a treat for those who love offal

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  Middle eastern shepherd's pie with parsnip crust

  A hearty dish to feed the family on a budget from Diana Henry