RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Andalusian pork

  James Martin's recipe for this gutsy, simple dish, from southern Spain, is a great way of cooking pork

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  Courgette salad with sultanas and pine nuts

  This tasty vegetable salad from Tamasin Day Lewis couldn't be simpler to make

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  Seared escalopes of wild salmon

  It is very much a last-minute dish from Rick Stein so make sure everything is ready before you start. If using farmed salmon, pay a little extra and go for the best

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  Devon crab cakes

  Thomasina Miers serves a wonderful seasonal treat, using a surprise ingredient of stale bread instead of the usual potatoes

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  Scallops with fennel and peas

  Tom Lewis makes this attractive starter when fennel and peas are at their best in the garden, using the pretty pea shoots as a garnish

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  Onion and cheese tart

  Nigel Slater makes a large, thin onion tart - perfect for entertaining lots of people

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  The original Cornish pasty

  Caroline Yates' traditional pasties from south west England are delicious eaten hot or cold and makes a great lunch, supper or picnic dish

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  'Trini' prawn curry

  A quick store cupboard Caribbean curry from Gary Rhodes and Fazil Bacchus

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  Welsh rarebit with stout

  Another great ‘food for a fiver’ dish from Matt Tebbutt – an easy peasy snack that’s full of flavour

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  Black pudding scotch eggs

  Simon Rimmer combines quails’ eggs and black pudding to transform this old picnic favourite into a modern dinner party starter