RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Beef steaks with chop house butter

  Mark Hix cooks up a simple beef dish that’s perfect with a creamy butter flavoured with herbs, relish and mustard

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  Carrot salad

  Thai flavours give Caroline Hire's vibrant salad a spicy kick that marries well with barbecued meats

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  Sausage and pea risotto

  Vary the sausages you use in Ainsley Harriot's risotto - top notch pork and leek or Toulouse sausages are both particularly good

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  Tomato soup

  For a luxurious soup try Paul Bloxham's sophisticated recipe, flavoured with fresh herbs and enriched with cream

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  Pork with dried apricots

  Richard Corrigan slow-cooks pork shoulder into perfection with an array of sweet and savoury flavours

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  Dutch apple cake

  Rachel Allen’s recipe is an old favourite – the apples sink to the bottom as it cooks, leaving a light sponge with a crisp sugary crust

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  Chônkaelo Masalo

  Cyrus Todiwala cooks a simple Parsee-style gravy that is then turned into a fish curry

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  Prawns with chilli and cheese

  Tana makes a spicy Ramsay family favourite, great for introducing children to spicy food as the spice is softened by the cheese

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  Chicken som tum

  Allegra McEvedy translates the sharp and sour flavours of a traditional Thai salad, usually made with green papaya, into a rather more meaty affair

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  White onion soup with scallops and chorizo

  A creamy white soup with a shocking orange drizzle of chorizo oil, from Paul Merrett