RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Braised peas, broad beans and artichokes with bruschetta

  Theo Randall’s vegetarian starter is a delightful mix of fresh flavours, with cooling mint and zingy spring onions

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  Roasted red pepper soup with tiger prawns and scallops

  Brimming with colour and bursting with flavour, Mike Robinson's easy shellfish soup makes a great summer starter or light lunch

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  Windrush-style jamaican bread and butter pudding

  Wendy McGuire adds rum and spices to give a Jamaican flavour to Bread and Butter Pudding

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  Mutton curry with rice and peas

  Aaron Craze cooks a Jamaican-inspired low-fat dish of spicy mutton curry with rice and peas

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  Seared scallops with black pudding

  Paul Rankin whips up a classic combination of sweet scallops with rich black pudding and comforting mashed potatoes

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  Smoked cockle soup

  Kevin Dundon's hearty chowder is packed with chunky vegetables and shellfish - delicious with a hunk of buttered bread

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  Pockmarked grandmother’s beancurd (mapo tofu)

  Gary Rhodes cooks a famous Sichuan dish of silky tofu with, known convivially as 'pockmarked grandmother's beancurd'

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  Grilled cod on pommes sarladaise with truffle oil

  Sun-kissed potatoes and red ripe tomatoes marry well together in this delicious truffle-scented cod dish by Rick Stein

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  Chocolate fruit cake

  Stars, glitter and gold balls add a little bling to Nigella's dark and sticky Christmas cake

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  Spaghetti with fresh tomato and basil

  Simple fresh ingredients make Laura Santini’s easy spaghetti sauce an Italian classic