RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Tagliatelle with tomato and pesto

  Michael Caines’ tomato sauce is cooked for an hour to make a rich sauce to serve with tagliatelle – fresh pesto and mascarpone are also added

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  Chunky mediterranean pasta soup

  Rachel Allen's delicious hearty warming soup is made with chorizo sausage, pasta, tomatoes and herbs and is quick and easy to make

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  Meringue ghosts

  Dress-up your Halloween party with Rachel Slack's spooky little meringue ghosts

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  Lime and coconut steamed fish

  Parsee cook Farzana Contractor makes Patrani Machi, steamed fillets of fish with a spicy green lime and coconut marinade

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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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  Peach bellini

  An Italian classic that benefits from the use of the freshest yellow peaches

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  Baby squid with smoked garlic aioli

  Ben Tish tops a salad of pretty marmonde tomatoes and lovage leaves with fried baby squid and a dollop of smoked garlic aioli

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  Slow fried chicken with red chillies

  Sailana Junglee, a simple chicken dish with a fiery kick from Jaisal Singh

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  Cumberland sausage toad in the hole

  The addition of field mushrooms and tomatoes to Austen Davies' toad in the hole makes this dish a meal in itself

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  Chilli con carne

  Rachel Allen's classic retro dish is a hearty meal that's well worth coming home for