Pine nut & honey tart

This make-ahead tart is the ultimate finale for a festive buffet – just make sure you have enough as guests may well want seconds

Cheese & Marmite pasties

Love it or hate it, Marmite works beautifully with cheese and onion when baked up in shortcrust parcels

Rustic courgette, pine nut & ricotta tart

This rustic quiche has been simplified by making it straight on the baking tray without using a tart tin

Goat’s cheese, potato & onion tart

This tart is easy to make, looks stunning and tastes wonderful. Best of all, you can make it ahead and reheat from frozen

Marzipan Eccles tarts

This fun spin on the traditional Lancashire fruit cakes uses leftover marzipan to make irresistible individual pies

From-the-freezer mince pies

Keep these festive favourites nice and simple or spice things up with some imaginative twists

Leek & goat’s cheese tartlets

An easily assembled recipe for a smart vegetarian main course

Butternut, maple & pecan lattice pie

Spiced and glowing gold, this pie is pure autumn on a plate. Use butternut squash or your Halloween pumpkin

Chicken & mushroom puff pie

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

This is just what you need on a cold night. Serve with creamy mashed potatoes

Salmon & watercress parcels

These smart little parcels take less than an hour to cook from frozen

Rhubarb, ginger & apple scrunch pie

A cheat’s fruit pie for a family dessert, especially after the Sunday roast

Plum & almond pastry

This open fruit tart looks and tastes fantastic for very little effort – frangipane flavours complement sugar plums