RECOMMENDATIONS

• 

  Coconut okra

  A traditional Gujarati dish from Anjani Desai of okra spiced up with a fresh coconut stuffing

• 

  Charred vegetable and couscous salad

  Jun Tanaka’s salad makes a great accompaniment to a Moroccan-style stew or is perfect on its own as a light summer supper

• 

  Pigs' ear cake

  Nope this isn't a novelty-shaped kids' cake, Claude Bosi really does add strips of blanched pigs’ ears to a parmesan and parsley sponge – you heard it here first!

• 

  Ploughman's lunch with own-made chutney

  Carol Wilson's selection of splendid cheese from North West England is served with delicious, quick-to-make fruit chutney

• 

  Skate wing with black butter

  Hot, flavoured butter poured over sweet skate makes an easy yet impressive mid-week fish supper.

• 

  Cajun fried chicken with tomato salsa and sour cream

  Matt Tebbutt prepares a taste of Deep South Mississippi by cooking up spicy fried chicken

• 

  Baked beans with potatoes and cheese

  Matthew Fort jazzes up a simple baked beans with chunks of potato and hot bubbling cheese

• 

  Prune and almond tart

  Paul Merrett uses prunes from the Agen region of southern France in his well-known dessert recipe

• 

  Buttered pecan and maple syrup ice cream

  Enjoy this rich creamy treat from Liz Franklin's Ice Cream

• 

  Basil panna cotta

  Garrey Dawson welcomes the beginning spring with this sweet and creamy dessert infused with fresh basil