RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chocolate and orange mousse with cardamom foam

  Everyone has a favourite chocolate mousse recipe – Jun Tanaka’s fabulous version might well become yours

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  Beer fish

  Catfish cooked in beer and flavoured with spicy chillies, oyster sauce and tomatoes makes for a moreish meal in this recipe from Gary Rhodes

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  Oyster chowder

  Instead of the traditional clam chowder, Martin Blunos gives the dish a sophisticated twist with freshly shucked oysters

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  Yummy tomato cream

  Add either cream cheese or mince meat to this baby-friendly tomato soup

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  Yogurt and cardamom cream with rhubarb and strawberry compote

  Darina Allen’s dessert is a sublime combination of fragrant yogurt balanced by the sweet tartness of gently poached fruit

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  Rajasthani-style lamb curry

  Jaisal Singh's adaptation of Sher Bagh Pasande has a deliciously smoky aroma and is crammed with aromatic spices

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  Salmon fillet with datterini tomatoes

  Theo Randall cooks together sweet datterini tomatoes with capers and olives and braised fennel to give ordinary salmon a taste of Mediterranean sunshine

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  Venison steaks with beetroot and horseradish pesto

  From A Cook's Tour of Scotland by Sue Lawrence. The contrasting flavours of venison and beetroot are a match made in heaven. The pesto can be made a day or so in advance

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  Classic trifle

  Jenny Linford's classic English dessert is a delightful dish with which to round off a meal and is wonderfully simple to prepare

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  Spooky Halloween cupcakes

  Scary to look at but delicious to eat, Rachel Slack's cupcakes are a terrifying treat