Almond Butter Ingredients 350g whole almonds salt honey Instructions Preheat oven to 180C/ Gas 4, lay almonds

Pear Butter Ingredients 2kg ripe pears 400g (approx.) sugar 1 tsp grated orange zest 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 4 t

Cherry and Almond Cake Author: Anna Hedworth Ingredients 2 handfuls cherries 150g butter 225g self-raising flo

Pickled Cherries Author: Anna Hedworth Serves: 1 Ingredients 500g cherries 350ml white wine vinegar 400g caste

Spanish tortilla Author: El Paso, Jesmond Serves: 16 Ingredients 2 white onions 6 garlic cloves 10 eggs salt f

Chorizo and black pudding croquettes Author: El Paso, Jesmond Serves: 8 Ingredients 100g chorizo 200g potatoes

Steak ribeye with chimichurri Author: El Paso, Jesmond Serves: 4-6 Ingredients 110ml red wine vinegar pinch sa

Lamb meatballs Author: El Paso, Jesmond Serves: 6-8 Ingredients 500g lamb mince 10g fresh mint, chopped 10g fr

Halloumi skewers Serves: 4 Ingredients 8 garlic cloves 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp lemon

Chicken kebabs Serves: 4 Ingredients 125g natural yoghurt 1 lemon, juice 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp grated fresh

Chef patron Simon Walsh, of Longsands Fish Kitchen, Tynemouth, works within walking distance of North Shields

Newcastle butcher George Payne, whose award-winning shop at Brunton Park, Gosforth, is one of the best known i

Lemon Posset with shortbread Author: Aimee Ryan for Wallflower Kitchen Serves: 4 Ingredients [b]For the shortb

Mushroom & leek pie Author: Aimee Ryan for Wallflower Kitchen Serves: 4 Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 2 med

Creamy pea soup Author: Aimee Ryan for Wallflower Kitchen Serves: 4 Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 medium whit

Summer fruit and mint fro yo Ingredients 450g Sweet Eve strawberries 1 tbsp lemon juice 130g caster sugar 250g

Green tea ice cream Ingredients 300ml whipping cream 4 tbsp condensed milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 tsp green t

Last time we built a fire for some long and serious lamb cooking I experimented with various vegetables thrown

The Broad Chare’s Scotch egg Author: Terry Laybourne Ingredients 7 medium free-range eggs ½ medium onion, f

Crème Caramel Author: Terry Laybourne Ingredients 100g granulated sugar 1 tbsp water 2 drops lemon juice 500m

Cheddar & spinach soufflé Author: Terry Laybourne Ingredients 50g unsalted butter 4 tbsp fine dry white b

Rib-eye steak Ingredients 100g butter, softened 1 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped 1 tbsp fresh chives, chop

  Cauliflower steak Ingredients 1 head cauliflower 3 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp ground turme

Chef Graham Sharp of Longsands Fish Kitchen, Tynemouth, works within walking distance of North Shields Fish Qu

All set for a sizzling summer? Let’s hope so, and to get you in the mood here’s an innovative burger recip

Fondant au Chocolat Author: Bouchon Bistrot Serves: Makes 18 small moulds Ingredients 150g egg yolks 550g eggs

Creme caramel Author: Bouchon Bistrot Serves: 6 Ingredients Caramel 150g sugar 2 tbsp water For the custard 4

Pork Mignon en croute Author: Bouchon Bistrot Serves: 4 Ingredients 2 pork fillets (400g each approx.) salt an

Souffle au Comte Author: Bouchon Bistrot Serves: 6 Ingredients softened butter, to line moulds Gruyère cheese

Crab mayonnaise Author: Bouchon Bistrot Serves: 6 Ingredients Brown crab chantilly 100g brown crabmeat 300ml d

  Goat’s cheese beignets, tomato fondue and peas Author: Bouchon Bistrot Serves: 6 Ingredients 90g butt

A triumphal seasonal fusion, St George’s, morels and wild boar work together like the Three Musketeers,

Mushrooms are a classic ingredient in Chinese cuisine. With this curry, we highlight many types of cultivated

Rabbit is particularly plentiful just as the morels come out, so this is the perfect time to make the most of

It’s delicious; salty, smoky, sweet and nutty, a really good balance.

This is a great appetizer if you have been caught unawares by an impromptu dinner gathering. It can be made bo