RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Grilled razor clams with chorizo and garlic butter

  Stuart Gillies gives razor clams a Spanish touch, serving them with chorizo, garlic butter and smoky aubergine

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  Pigs' ear cake

  Nope this isn't a novelty-shaped kids' cake, Claude Bosi really does add strips of blanched pigs’ ears to a parmesan and parsley sponge – you heard it here first!

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  Pizza dei forti (gorgonzola and aubergine pizza)

  Home cook Anna Maria Forti Sheikh competes with chef Stephen Midgley on the ultimate pizza

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  All-butter shortbread

  Diana Henry’s decadent shortbread biscuits are rich and delicious – see her tips for adding a little flavour twist to these classic teatime treats

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  Gratin dauphinois

  Matthew Fort’s simple recipe will yield perfect potato dauphinois every time

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  Paella cakes

  Try Jo Pratt’s unconventional way of enjoying a classic Spanish seafood paella

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  Steak and kidney pudding

  The suet crust in the best bit of Antonia Deigan's Steak and Kidney Pud

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  Chocolate cheesecake

  Chocolate and cheesecake combined in one dessert? What more could you ask for?!

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  Stewed apple with sweet ricotta and cobnuts

  Arthur Potts Dawson's simple dessert is a delightful contrast of textures and flavours that makes the most of a traditional Kentish nut crop

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  Eggs Benedict

  Silvana Franco shares her method for the best poached eggs with hollandaise sauce