You are going to love this pudding – it has a rich, fantastic flavour and the sauce is amazing. Fresh Medjool dates are best to use, but ...

This is a fantastic dessert that I love to make for friends as they can’t get enough of it. The combination of toffee and apples is a fai...

When I worked in France I would visit a lovely little bakery once a week to buy a tart filled with a really amazing walnut cream, with po...

I learnt this recipe from my friend Santos, who comes from Brazil where they make little fritters of this recipe and deep-fry them – more...

Again, this is a really good dish for kids. Even though they may not eat spinach on its own, I’ve never had a problem feeding this to my ...

This recipe can be applied to any size of flat fish. Out of all the soles, lemon sole is the most widely available and generally good val...

When I first moved to London I worked in the Neal Street Restaurant in Covent Garden. It was famous for its wild mushrooms, and my mate Gennaro used to go out every day during mushroom season to find them. It was in this restaurant that I tasted a real mushroom soup for the first time.

This is one of those great dishes that you can really make your own by using whatever vegetables are in season – it’s particularly nice w...

This dish is fantastic and you can literally have it ready in just over 5 minutes. Use either wild mushrooms that are in season, like gir...

Lots of people have woks, but so many people get it wrong because they dont really understand the principle of stir-frying i.e. you ge...

This is a great pasta dish using rigatoni, which is quite robust. It makes a really nice lunchtime snack. The mascarpone or crème fraîche...

I think this is the best macaroni and cheese recipe ever! This is a dish I make for the whole family, one that we all love to eat. I've used sweet tomatoes in my recipe as they really complement the cheese, and instead of bechamel sauce I've used single cream (half and half), as it's a lot lighter.

This is a twist on the classic carbonara, using spring peas and smoky bacon. A great combination and a great one for the kids. My girls j...

This is one of the best soups I've ever had. Laksa is a kind of brothy noodle stew, very often made with chicken and coconut milk. When I...

This dish is only as good as the vegetables you buy, so use that as your starting point and you’ll be on to an absolute winner! Here are ...

Roast chicken remains one of our favourite dishes at home. I recently discovered a way to make the chicken taste even better, by putting ...

Lasagne is always best when made with fresh sheets of pasta, and these are now available in packets in all good supermarkets. Dried lasag...