RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Irish champ

  Jamie Oliver makes the perfect accompaniment to his pork chops with sage, honey and apricots, or try with chicken, beef or fish.

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  Dressed crab

  Rachel Allen offers an alternative to traditional dressed crab - crabmeat topped with white sauce and buttered crumbs served in the shell

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  Roquefort and gruyère quiche

  Real men will eat quiche with Matt Tebbutts easy, cheesy recipe

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  Potato, chorizo and feta frittata

  Rachel Allen's mouth-watering frittata is packed with potatoes, chorizo and onions and flavoured with aromatic marjoram for a quick tasty meal

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  English apple and walnut strudel

  The word for strudel literally means 'whirlpool' in German representing the layers of thin dough swirled around the spiced fruit filling. Try Jun Tanaka's British take on the dish

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  Valerian hot chocolate

  James Wong’s simple drink calms anxiety and promotes sleep at the end of a stressful day, by mixing in soothing herbs with dark chocolate

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  Lamb cutlets with minty mustard crosnes

  Arthur Potts Dawson cooks the latest delicacy to hit the markets, crosnes (pronounced crones) also known as Chinese artichokes

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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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  Herdwick mutton pudding with black pea and caper gravy

  Steamed meat and kidney puddings in a home-made suet pastry make a hearty British meal, from Nigel Haworth

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  Tomato pasta sauce

  Aldo Zilli uses fresh tomatoes in his quick and healthy pasta sauce