RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Butternut squash pisto

  Sam Clarke does an adaption of a classic Spanish recipe using plenty of tomatoes and spices, to be served with meaty lamb chops

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  Razor clams and scallops in whiskey butter sauce

  Fresh shellfish is an ideal match for the rich, whiskey and citrus-infused sauce in this recipe by Matt Tebbutt

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  Chilli con carne

  Beat the early winter blues with Allegra McEvedy’s take on Texas’s official state dish!

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  Oriental crispy mackerel

  Antony Worrall Thompson demonstrates a quick mackerel dish with a sweet oriental sauce

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  Chocolate roulade

  From James Martin, a decadently rich chocolate roulade filled with softly whipped chocolate mousse and soft fruits

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  Floating islands with rhubarb compote

  Rachel Humphrey, head chef at Le Gavroche, makes a delicious dessert of crisp meringues floating on crème anglaise with a vivid sauce

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  Heather honey cake

  Emma Sturgess' fabulous cake is made with heather honey from north-east England and as it bakes, will fill the kitchen with the distinctive heather honey aroma

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  Poppy seed cake with vanilla buttercream icing

  This fabulously rich cake from Rachel Allen is best eaten with lashings of the vanilla buttercream

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  Peanut and chocolate brownie

  Salt is the mystery ingredient in Nathan Outlaw’s rather different and very moreish dessert

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  Butternut squash ravioli with sage and butter sauce

  Rosemary Shrager's delicious home made ravioli is filled with a tasty butternut squash stuffing, then tossed in a flavoursome sauce