RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Roasted scallop in its shell with parsley butter

  A stunning dinner party starter that will look as good as it tastes, from Andrew Fairlie

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  Shrimp in sherry sauce

  Matthew Fort pays homage to the Galloping Gourmet chef Graham Kerr with his dish of prawns in a creamy egg sherry sauce

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  Black bream with lemon grass and coconut

  Stuart Gillies serves a wonderfully light fish dish with fragrant lemon grass, paired with a potato salad and charred onion dressing

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  Tortilla Española

  Mario Batali makes the national dish of Spain. You can eat it as a tapa, for breakfast, in a bocadillo (sandwich), or for dinner with salad and a bit of jamón. Basically anytime, anywhere!

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  Blind scouse with herb dumplings

  A Liverpudlian bean and vegetable soup with dumplings from The Vegetarian Society

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  Spiced tuna with crab polenta

  Coriander, fennel and cardamom add wonderful fragrance to Sanjay Dwivedi's tuna served with chilli-spiked crab polenta and creamy chutney

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  Vegetable coconut and peanut curry

  Tana Ramsay's creamy curry with sweet, chunky pieces of butternut squash makes a great meat-free main course

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  Peach bellini

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

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  Grilled rattlesnake fillet

  Snake fillet with black eye beans and a smoky chilli jelly from Robert Staegemann - try it if you dare!

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  Seville orange curd with chocolate Viennese fingers

  Lawrence Keogh makes a sensational and seasonal dessert, which at 80p a serving proves a little goes a long way!