RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Smoked eel with pineapple and basil jelly

  Complex yet complementary flavours distinguish Jason Atherton's sophisticated dish from world-renowned restaurant El Bulli

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  Cassis-tini cocktail

  A potent martini cocktail from Tom Parker Bowles makes the perfect pre-dinner sharpener

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  Poached chicken salad with pomegranate molasses

  A pomegranate dressing gives a beautiful sweet-tart flavour to Sophie Grigson’s chicken salad

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  Deep-fried mozzarella with tomato and oregano sauce

  James Martin's crisp golden mozzarella sandwiches are served with a flavour-packed sauce and make a terrific starter or light lunch

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  Apple and plum crumble

  Sweet, cinnamon-scented apples and juicy plums are topped with crisp oat crumble in this rustic dessert from Jane Wiseman and Kathy Finkin

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  Homely fish pie

  Jun Tanaka’s comforting fish pie is chock full of salmon, cod and haddock and topped with creamy mash

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  Rabbit stew

  Andrew Naylor flavours this rustic casserole with beer, mustard, garlic and ginger with the addition of sultanas for a fruity twist

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  Fillet steak with whisky cream

  Sue Parker-Roberts uses soya cream to enrich her mustard, whisky and red wine sauce

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  Queen of puddings

  Rachel Green’s famous old-fashioned dessert is also queen of cost-cutting, at only £1.89 per person

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  American pancakes with crispy bacon and maple syrup

  Whisking the egg whites separately to the yolks produces light and fluffy pancakes - perfect for this American-style maple and bacon pancake brunch dish