RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Luxury three layer parmentier

  Duck confit, mashed potato and wild mushrooms are combined in layers in Trish Deseine’s posh supper dish

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  Cauliflower soup

  Add Arthur Potts Dawson’s classic soup to your list of easy winter favourites

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  Whisky potted prawns

  Matt Tebbutt’s mum used to make these when he was a child. He says this dish is “unashamedly rich and old-fashioned but really hits the spot”

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  Seared Cornish squid with chorizo

  Paul Merrett cooks a tapas-style dish of seared Cornish squid with spicy sausage

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  Carrot, tomato and basil puree

  Adding fresh herbs is a great way of introducing new flavours to your baby.

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  Curried fish soup (Me ga thi)

  Merrilees Parker’s Laos soup is great fun to serve - it should be garnished by each diner according to their personal tastes

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  Caribbean jerk steak

  Antony Worrall Thompson coats rib-eye steaks in a fragrant spice mix – slices of griddle pineapple complement the steaks perfectly

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  Barmbrack

  Caroline Workman's wonderfully moist fruit bread is one of Northern Ireland's most popular traditional specialities

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  Aubergine with chilli sauce

  Gary Rhodes' vegetarian dish uses flavours traditionally used when cooking fish which is why it's often known as fish-flavoured aubergine

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  Lamb chump chops in a tomato, chilli and bean sauce

  Brian Turner uses a fresh tomato and chive salsa to lift the flavours of slow-cooked spiced lamb