Pot-roast veal with new-season carrots & orange

Use British rose veal to create a roast dinner with a difference – this all-in-one joint is slow-cooked with sweet vegetables, citrus and herbs

Puff pastry

Test your skills by creating layers of buttery puff pastry to use in sweet and savoury pies, tarts, desserts and canapés

Red lentil & chorizo soup

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Sweet smoked paprika and cumin flavour this rustic blend topped with spicy Spanish sausage

Simnel cherry tart

This teatime treat is a cross between a fruity spring-like Simnel cake and a Bakewell tart – great with a cuppa

Chorizo & apple sausage rolls

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Puff pastry bites with a spicy kick – team Spanish paprika sausage with sweet apple and top with poppy seeds

Strawberries with lime & long pepper syrup

Citrussy and sweet with a little bit of heat, this new twist on berries with balsamic and pepper is best served with cream

Roasted squash salad with creamy homemade labneh

Labneh is a mascarpone-like strained yogurt – serve with sweet roasted pumpkin, pomegranate and leaf salad

Chipotle black bean soup with lime-pickled onions

Use storecupboard pulses in this healthy, Mexican-inspired soup – freshen it up with sweet onions, coriander and soured cream

Pulled lamb shoulder with sticky pomegranate glaze

Cooking the meat really slowly in fruit juice makes it meltingly tender, and the juices double up as a sweet glaze

Plum pudding

A traditional, long-life Christmas plum pudding that’s deliciously dark, rich and fruity

Strawberry & Pimm’s jelly

A match made in heaven – sweet, ripe strawberries set in a jelly with the traditional fruit cup liquor – served with cream, of course

Apricot & orange blossom jam

Preserve the sweet flavour of summer apricots in a homemade jam flavoured with lemon and flower water