RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Morel salad with goat’s cheese toast

  Clodagh McKenna brings out the best of fresh morel mushrooms with simple flavours

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  Veal shank ravioli

  A meaty, home-made ravioli with a rosemary-infused sauce, from Giorgio Locatelli

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  Spicy meatballs

  Wendy Syke’s way of turning minced beef into delicious meatballs served in a coconut-based, spicy tomato sauce is comfort food at its best

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  Braised peas, broad beans and artichokes with bruschetta

  Theo Randall’s vegetarian starter is a delightful mix of fresh flavours, with cooling mint and zingy spring onions

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  Chocolate, hazelnut and caramel tart

  Rachel Allen's gloriously rich and luxurious tart has a hazelnut caramel layer topped with a creamy chocolate layer

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  Basil and peanut butter pancakes

  Make pancakes into a sophisticated dessert with Emily Ludolf’s basil, ricotta and peanut butter version, sandwiched together with peppered strawberry jam

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  Venison with cranberries and savoy cabbage

  A redder than red cranberry sauce brightens up Bryn William's classic winter dish

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  Stir-fried prawns with XO sauce

  A homemade seafood sauce gives a perky kick to Gary Rhodes' prawn and vegetable stir-fry

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  Mussels in beer

  Silvana Franco steams mussels in Belgian wheat beer - ideal with some crusty bread to mop up all the creamy juices and strips of bacon

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  Latkes with bacon and apple sauce

  Lindsey Bareham makes sweet-savoury potato cakes with crisp bacon and a tart apple sauce