RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Swiss chard rice cakes on liquorice coconut curry

  Peter Gordon serves up a tasty vegetarian dish, transforming classic winter ingredients with the addition of some more exotic flavours

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  Jersey royals with pancetta and rosemary

  Give spuds a regal coating of crisp pancetta and rosemary in this speedy “Genuine Jersey Royal Potatoes” recipe

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  Dutch apple cake

  Rachel Allen’s recipe is an old favourite – the apples sink to the bottom as it cooks, leaving a light sponge with a crisp sugary crust

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  Beetroot, st. tola cheese and herb salad

  The creamy Irish goats' cheese, St. Tola, is perfectly complemented by earthy beetroot and fresh herbs in Matthew Fort's quick recipe

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  Chilli and tamarind barbecued fish

  Mild Kashmiri chillies give a little heat while tamarind gives a sweet and sour note to this Pomfret Recheado, from Ananda Solomon

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  Rhubarb pancakes with cassis cream and apple brandy

  Arthur Potts Dawson's pancakes have both a soft rhubarb filling and a caramelised rhubarb coating

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  Chilli bean ranch pasties

  Ainsley Harriott's bacon and Cheddar pasties are packed full of flavour - kids and grown-ups alike will adore them!

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  Pan-fried halibut with glazed carrots

  James Martin serves this meaty-textured delicately flavoured fish with delicious slightly sweet glazed carrots in this easy recipe

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  Haunch of venison with red wine and tangy beetroot puree

  Paul Rankin creates a ruby red venison dish complementing the rich gamey meat with a red wine sauce and zingy beetroot puree

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  Crab pancakes with béchamel

  A savoury seafood dish with lashings of creamy spinach-laden béchamel from Giancarlo Caldesi