RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Risotto alle fragile con scaglie di grana

  Gennaro Contaldo cooks a ‘70s Italian risotto dish with an unusual twist of summer strawberries

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  Spicy sausages with Bombay mash potato

  Spice up your bangers 'n' mash with this perky recipe - serve with mango chutney and a crunchy salad of radishes, cucumber and coriander

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  Jerk mussels

  Charita Jones adds a touch of soul to a simple bowl of mussels, with a vibrant taste of the Caribbean

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  Roast chicken with garlic toasts

  Matt Tebbutt’s fantastic roast chicken is flavoured with preserved lemon and herbs and served with a flavoursome gourmet salad

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  Strawberry jam mousse with shortbread

  Thomas Souter goes strawberries galore with a strawberry jam mousse, strawberry jam shortbread and poached whole strawberries

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  Spring risotto (risotto primavera)

  Matt Tebbutt crams all the tastes of spring into this seasonal risotto - the stock is flavoured with parmesan rinds for an even deeper flavour

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  Carrot cake

  James Martin's lusciously moist carrot cake is sandwiched with velvety orange-liqueur whipped cream and drizzled with orange liqueur icing

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  Crema catalana

  If you fancy something different for dessert, try Spain's version of crème brulée - from Arthur Potts Dawson

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  Steamed salmon with black beans

  Salmon is not a Chinese fish although it is growing in popularity in cosmopolitan Hong Kong and Canton. Ken Hom shows you how east meets west

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  Pea and ham soup

  Mike Robinson's slowly simmered soup makes a satisfying and tasty treat from the simplest of ingredients