Roasted aubergine purée with sweet potato, wild rice, spring onions and spinach

A delicious, healthy platter that’s perfect for sharing. By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the aubergine purée and sweet potato 2 aubergines, halved lengthways 1 garlic bulb, cloves separated but unpeeled 2 tbsp …

Chicken roasted over sourdough with morels, peas and wild garlic mayonnaise

A spring Sunday roast packed with wild garlic and morel mushrooms. The sourdough soaks up all the delicious roast chicken juices By Ben Tish From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients ½ garlic bulb, unpeeled, from a whole …

Spiced pigeon breasts with sweet potato and parsnip mash and wild mushrooms

By Donal Skehan From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the pigeon breasts 1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed 1 tsp coriander seeds, toasted and crushed pinch ground cinnamon pinch ground ginger 4 pigeon breasts 2 tbsp sunflower oil 25g/1oz unsalted butter 1 heaped tbsp redcurrant jelly …

Rack of venison with a cep crust, venison tartare, wild mushrooms and venison broth

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the broth 500ml/18fl oz light chicken stock 3–4 dried ceps (also known as porcini mushrooms) 500g/1lb 2oz venison bones, chopped and roasted 1 juniper berry 1 sprig thyme 1 garlic clove, peeled and smashed 1 bay leaf For …

Deep-fried Goosnargh egg with wild mushroom, toasted brioche and truffle mayonnaise

This incredible breakfast of fried breaded eggs and mushrooms will certainly make an impression. Go on. It’s Christmas. Ingredients For the deep-fried egg 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 5 free-range eggs salt and freshly ground …

Roasted quail with wild mushrooms, kale, fondant potatoes and a tarragon and Madeira sauce

A rather impressive, yet not so difficult, dinner for two. Quail is strongly flavoured, rather like duck, but low in fat like chicken and quick to cook. Ingredients For the fondant potatoes 4 large potatoes, …