RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Patatas bravas

  For a tasty first course try Alan Coxon's colourful version of a classic Spanish tapas dish, flavoured here with basil

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  Watermelon liquado (watermelon cooler)

  Cool and refreshing, this fruity thirst-quencher from Gino D`Acampo makes a great drink to complement Mexican-style meals

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  Citrus cola

  Invite friends and their children round for Tristan Stephenson's homemade cola drink using lively citric zest, spices, vanilla and lavender

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  Roast pork pastry puffs

  There’s enough marinade for 500g of pork in Ching-He Huang’s recipe - use the extra to make roast pork sandwiches, roast pork fried rice or roast pork salad

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  Berry crumble

  Sat Bains uses hi-tech equipment to cook up his take on a British classic. Our adapted recipe shows you how you can make it at home.

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  Green garden soup

  Gary Rhodes' soup is a good excuse to bring gorgeous green vegetables together. If some are not available broccoli and spinach also offer rich flavours

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  Kashgar kebabs with thick yogurt and a coriander and onion salad

  Fuchsia Dunlop cooks a dish from China’s Xinjiang province at the westernmost tip of the country is where East meets West and migrants from the province have taken Chinese Turkestan cuisine to the masses

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  Braised lamb with flageolet mash

  Merrilees Parker shares a recipe for an ideal autumn dish of tender lamb neck fillet cooked with a herby flageolet mash

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  Charred vegetable and couscous salad

  Jun Tanaka’s salad makes a great accompaniment to a Moroccan-style stew or is perfect on its own as a light summer supper

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  Langoustine risotto with courgette flowers

  James Martin's creamy risotto incorporates delicately flavoured langoustines and is served with a crisp batter-coated courgette flower