RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Ruby fruit salad

  Serve hot or cold for a deliciously healthy dessert.

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  Soupe au pistou

  Matthew Fort cooks a delicious summer soup using tomato and basil-packed pistou, the Niçoise version of pesto

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  Pork belly with bramley apples and parsnips

  Gary Rhodes roasts pork belly on a bed of parsnips, served with a bramley apple sauce

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  Quick chicken and mushroom pie

  For a quickly prepared meal try James Martin's tasty pie, which uses shop-bought foodstuffs to great effect

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  Garlic soup with duck livers and garlic crisps

  Matt Tebbutt makes a garlic soup, which is delicious on its own, and not at all overpowering as might be expected

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  Honey roast duck confit with tomato beans

  James Martin gives rich duck confit a mouth-watering bite with piquant red wine sauce and serves it with tasty tomato and butterbeans

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  Honeycomb toffee

  Crunchy, munchy - and most definitely moreish, this lovely toffee from Lotte Duncan will satisfy a sweet tooth in a special way

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  Orechiette and fennel salad

  Miguel Meastre combines pasta, courgette flowers, fennel, watercress and fresh goats’ curd in this magnificent summer salad – use goats’ cheese if you can’t get hold of curd

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  Chocolate, pear and cinnamon tart

  With a spiced festive flavour, Giancarlo Caldesi's dessert is a prepare-pudding that's great for celebrations

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  Herbed rack of lamb with potato and fennel gratin

  Lavish your loved one this February 14 with this fabulous recipe from Harrods.