RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Rose-scented cream

  Erika Parry produces a truly decadent dessert, a rose infused creamy jelly, alongside marzipan filled figs and a scattering of rose petals

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  Chocolate chip cookie ice cream

  Liz Franklin's Ice Cream brings us a winner with adults and children alike

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  Mexican hot chocolate (champurrada)

  Gino D`Acampo serves comforting mugs of Mexican hot chocolate made with masa harina - a speciality Mexican cornfour

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  Fricassée of pork, potatoes, peas and parsley

  Sophie Grigson creates a light, summery fricassee, laced with lemon for its freshness and verve

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  Buffalo blue cheese soup

  Gary Rhodes uses award-winning buffalo blue cheese to make a rich and creamy soup

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  Saffron pasta with clams

  A simply superb pasta dish from Jun Tanaka combines garlic and chilli clams with ribbons of fresh tagliatelle

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  Easter orange cake with lemon icing

  Instead of an overload of chocolate or crème eggs, try Tana Ramsay’s light cake for afternoon tea this Easter, complete with adorable shredded wheat birds’ nests

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  Shepherd's pie with leeks, goat's cheese and parsley

  Paul Bloxham chooses light, fresh Welsh goat's cheese and meltingly soft leeks for this tasty flag-waving rendition of the family favourite

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  Crab samosas with tomato and chive dip

  Reza Mahammad’s crispy samosas were a huge hit with comedian Sanjeev Bhasker, who found them dangerously irresistible when filming Dehli Belly

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  Hot toulouse sausages with a tomato, caper and shallot salad

  Seriously meaty, these delectable sausages go down a treat with Rick Stein's refreshingly light salad