RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Tuna steak with baked potato and broccoli

  Try Nell McAndrew's simple and healthy take on tuna steak

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  Mustard crust cottage pie

  Brian Turner cooks a frugal family favourite that feeds four for a fiver

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  Pistou

  Alex Mackay's fresh basil puree, the Provencal version of the Italian pesto, makes the perfect sauce for a grilled lamb chop

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  Venison en croûte with chivilade of cabbage and red wine and port sauce

  Rosemary Shrager's tender venison is wrapped in crisp puff pastry and served with deliciously nutty cabbage and a luxurious sauce

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  Skate with bacon

  Matthew Fort makes skate with a zesty salsa and crispy lardons.

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  Salt-crusted sea bass with a salad of pourpier

  James Martin puts unusual ingredients to use in his salt-baked fish dish with pork and purslane salad

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  Salt beef sandwich

  This moreish classic favourite is easy to construct, as demonstrated by Tom Parker Bowles

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  Veggie cottage pie

  Leeks and purple sprouting broccoli give a springtime lift to this veggie cottage pie

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  Toffee apples

  Relive nostalgic childhood memories with Roopa Gulati's crackingly good toffee-coated apples

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  Crème brûlée

  Matt Tebbutt bakes his custard, taking the pressure off all that stirring and thickening, to make this classic French dessert