RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Peppered tuna with niçoise salad

  Jun Tanaka prepares a delicious black olive dressing to echo the olives in this twist to a classic tuna niçoise salad

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  Ultimate meatballs with spaghetti

  Inspired by The Godfather, Fergus O'Sullivan recreates Clemenza's recipe for meatballs with a rich tomato and red wine sauce

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  Proper 'old fashioned' pork pie

  This appetising traditional pork pie from Mike Robinson and Alan Haywood combines juicy pork and bacon in crisp golden pastry

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  Scallop, jerusalem artichoke and lentil salad

  Diana Henry combines textures and tastes in a stylish starter for six

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  Ham hock, mustard fruits and fresh herb sauce

  Matt Tebbutt slow-cooks this cheaper cut of pork and serves it with a punchy herb sauce for the most delicious results

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  New potatoes with samphire and broad beans

  Galton Blackiston cooks with spring’s seasonal produce, along with pullet’s eggs – a slightly smaller egg from a young hen

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  Rocket rolls

  A simple canapé with a big wow factor from Gee Charman

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  Scallops with capers and cime di rape

  Arthur Potts Dawson cooks cime di rape, a variety of turnip greens with a bitter flavour, with simple herbed scallops

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  Roast pheasant with bread sauce and baby spinach

  An impressive dish from Curtis Stone - pheasant legs slowly braised in garlicky goose fat, with succulent quick-roasted breasts

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  Fresh ceps with chilli and garlic

  Mike Robinson celebrates wild autumnal mushrooms with perky chillies and garlic in this quick snack or starter