RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Brussels sprouts with pancetta and chestnuts

  Complete your Christmas dinner with James Martin's delicious Brussels sprouts cooked with sweet-tasting pancetta and chestnuts

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  Dartmouth crab salad

  An impressive and stylish dinner party starter from John Burton Race with an intriguing mix of flavours and textures

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  Spiced asparagus wraps

  Cyrus Todiwala draws his inspiration from a Kashmiri recipe for this seasonal starter served with an apple and potato bhaji

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  Thai fishcakes wrapped in crisp noodles

  Paul Rankin’s creamy salmon fishcakes are pressed with egg noodles and fried until crisp – perfect with an Asian-style salsa

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  Tenderstem broccoli and sweet potato filo rolls

  Spiced pastry cigars with a cool yogurt make a great veggie starter or light meal from The Vegetarian Society

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  Lamb cutlets with crispy garlic

  Stuart Gillies transforms a bulb of new season garlic into the perfect accompaniment for griddled lamb with mounds of buttery mash

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  Ha long crab and white fish soup

  Simon King and David Myers aka The Hairy Bikers bring back a noodle broth with white crab meat and fish from their travels in Vietnam

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  Goat's curd mousse with tomatoes

  Curd is mixed into a light mousse and dolloped over a colourful mixture of tomatoes in Jun Tanaka’s pretty starter

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  Quick roast chicken with fresh veggies

  Ideal for feeding a hungry family, Rachel Allen rustles up a hearty roast meal

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  Prawn cocktail with 'Bloody Mary' granita

  James Wierzelewski puts the cocktail into prawn cocktail with a frozen Bloody Mary garnish