Tangy beetroot & bean salad

This zesty summer salad makes an unusual addition to a buffet spread

Pan-fried venison with blackberry sauce

Blackberries are delicious in savoury sauces, and this version is the perfect match for the richly flavoured venison

Make-ahead mushroom soufflés

A soufflé to start always gives your dinner party a ‘wow’ factor and this make-ahead recipe gives you more time to be the perfect host

Roasted peppers with tomatoes & anchovies

This vibrant dish has all the flavours of the Mediterranean for holiday dining at home

Frankie pasta bake

A simple student pasta and tomato dish – delicious, filling and cheap to boot

Smoky aubergine & coriander dip

The seductively smoky flavour of this Middle
Eastern-style dip comes from cooking the
aubergines charcoal black

Chicken biryani pilau

Easy and cheap to recreate at home, students won’t need to order takeaways ever again!

Caramel sauce

This classic sauce uses only three ingredients. Drizzle around chocolate puddings or over your favourite ice cream

Sherry & almond Christmas cake

Packed with
almonds, both ground and whole, and fed with raisiny PX sherry, this is
intensely fruity – but not overly rich

Lollies on ice

The easiest recipe possible with ice lollies to help your friends chill