Entertain with ease thanks to award-winning food writer Dani Valent! Be inspired by her themed menus for any occasion, from brunch to barbecues to impressive “cheffy” dinner parties.
Tiraccino
1 h 5 min
Wholemeal crumpets
1 h 40 min
Green fig and lime marmalade
1 h 10 min
Bloody Maria
2 h 45 min
Rhubarb and blackberry breakfast tart
2 h 20 min
Kale, chia, pear and orange smoothie
25 min
Bacon and cinnamon scrolls with salted maple glaze
1 h 5 min
Spiced carrot porridge
25 min
Smoked salmon muffins with steamed eggs and herbed relish
1 h
Chorizo and prawns a la Sidra
25 min
Peas and jamon
40 min
Sunny gazpacho
25 min
Steamed orange puddings with almond milk ice cream
29 h 30 min
Tuna empanadas
2 h
Herb-salted chicken and chickpea casserole
1 h 10 min
Chinese greens with XO sauce
1 h 50 min
Master stock chicken
1 h 30 min
Fortune cookies
2 h 5 min
Sichuan pepper and chilli salt squid
30 min
Prawn wontons
2 h
Char siu bao pork buns
6 h 35 min
Steamed snapper, black beans and rice
1 h 10 min
Lamb Kibbeh
1 h 30 min
Spiced nut clusters
35 min
Rhubarb and vanilla rhumba
25 min
Pear mulled wine
30 min
Cherry margarita
25 min
Black & white chocolate tartufo
13 h 55 min
Sweet potato blini with cumin & sesame crème fraîche
1 h
Romesco dip
10 min
Mushroom cappuccino
25 min
Rice crackers
55 min
Mimosa float
6 h 10 min
Steamed asparagus with caper crumbs
30 min
Apple, pear and bay leaf cake
1 h 15 min
Pea and lettuce soup with scallops
45 min
Champagne poached chicken terrine
1 h 30 min
Ruby kingfish with citrus yoghurt dressing
2 h 30 min
Spinach salad with crunchy quinoa and green goddess dressing
2 h 50 min
Pumpkin and blue cheese arancini with smoky yoghurt dressing
1 h
Mandarin crème brûlée
4 h 15 min
Almond thins
25 min
Shichimi togarashi oysters
1 h 10 min
Peanut butter parfait, chocolate bark and raspberries
8 h 30 min
Inside-out chicken parmigiana
1 h 30 min
Sweet potato and grain salad
1 h 30 min
Pilaf with fragrant tarka
1 h 20 min
Shrikhand (flavoured hung yoghurt)
12 h 15 min
Goan fish and tamarind curry with coconut rice
1 h 15 min
Apple and cucumber relish
10 min
Kashmiri garlic naan
1 h 50 min
Tandoori chicken
1 h 35 min
Pappadums with mint and coriander chutney
50 min
Palak paneer
1 h 15 min
Pineapple rum cocktail
6 h 45 min
Potted baby vegetables
6 h 15 min
Confit salmon, Parmesan gnocchi with cauliflower cream
7 h 10 min
Chocolate volcanos
55 min
Mango truffles, strawberry spheres and white chocolate crumble
11 h 30 min
Cheese puffs with honeyed goat's cheese
2 h 30 min
Churros
40 min
Chilorio shredded pork with lime-pickled onions
2 h 15 min
Gin and cucumber cooler
10 min
Red rice
55 min
Flour tortillas
1 h 10 min
Steamed corn with chipotle mayonnaise and coriander salsa
45 min
Guacamole with mango
10 min
Family beans
25 min
Smoky chicken thighs
2 h 10 min
Spiced apple liqueur
168 h 10 min
Hearts entwined loaf
1 h 55 min
Parmesan-crusted lamb cutlets, creamed spinach and smashed spuds
1 h 15 min
Chocolate love cake with Turkish delight jelly
4 h 55 min
Prawns, wasabi panna cotta and yuzu sauce
3 h 10 min
Spicy peach and mango chutney
45 min
Pavlova towers
4 h 30 min
Celebration saffron and sage bread with ginger butter
3 h
Zesty avocado with crab
10 min
Turkey buffe and herby quinoa stuffing
6 h 20 min
Blackberry vinegar chocolate truffles
17 h
Prawn salad with horseradish cream
1 h
Asparagus tart with sour cream pastry
2 h
Baba ghanoush
1 h
Yoghurt soup cups
1 h 10 min
Roasted carrot dip
1 h
Zhoug
10 min
Cevapcici
50 min
Vadouvan spiced mini rolls
2 h 30 min
Grain salad lettuce cups
1 h 55 min
Mango, coconut and lychee icy poles
7 h 45 min
Sticky drumettes
2 h 45 min
Tomato soup with ham and cheese wands
1 h 20 min
Chocolate ripple cheesecake towers
40 min
Cobb salad with buttermilk dressing
1 h
Slow roasted lamb shoulder and fennel with agrodolce dressing
5 h 15 min