Thai prawn, potato & vegetable curry

A fragrant Thai curry that can be prepared ahead and frozen for a future Friday night on the couch

Buttery shallot bread sauce

This bread sauce has flavour layered up from the very start ,with almost-melting shallots, herbs and spices

Cookies & cream ice cream

Your guests will be impressed with this rich and indulgent ice cream

Clotted cream & stem ginger ice cream

Add a zing to your ice cream with Rick Stein’s spicy suggestions

Parsnip, cranberry & chestnut loaf

A modern take on the nut loaf, this makes a great vegetarian centrepiece for Christmas Day or a special dinner

Fig & blue cheese tart

This extra special tart with crumbly walnut pastry makes a fabulous vegetarian dinner

Bonfire bangers & beans

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
This comforting casserole is a real crowd-pleaser, great served with jacket potatoes on Bonfire Night

Red onion & rosemary focaccia

This simple, rustic bread makes a great partner to salads and antipasti

Wild rabbit slow cooked with rosemary, olive oil & garlic

The confit-style cooking in plenty of good olive oil creates meltingly soft rabbit, which is great value in autumn

Honey & black pepper partridge with roasted squash

This special autumnal main is simpler than it looks