Recipes for the changing season

This lamb chops are fragrant and wonderful. Dive in

Make your own Nutella and take pancakes to the next level

We love rhubarb at Clarke’s – it is used in all manner of ways, including ice creams, sorbets and meringues, or simply baked with sweet wine and blood orange juice. This sweet and tangy cake works especially well with a scented tea.

This well-known sauce is so simple and tastes so much better homemade

Ricotta replaces butter in this cake and adds moisture, which keeps it tasting fresh for a few days. 

Translated as ‘rancher’s eggs’, this is a simple breakfast traditionally eaten by farmers in the Mexican countryside

Rosewater poached pears with saffron cream by Sybil Kapoor. An exquisite pudding, best made the day before

There's no resisting a steaming bowl of delicious apple crumble with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This recipe by cook and author James Rich is just about perfect

A wonderfully refreshing, juicy and crunchy dish that works brilliantly for a summer lunch

A tuna pasta salad recipe from Jamie Oliver's Super Food Family Classics. Tuna gives us a hit of vitamin D, which in turn helps our bodies to absorb calcium from the feta cheese and natural yoghurt, and they’re what makes this salad creamy and delicious.

The perfect summer supper, this traditional Greek recipe from the island of Sifnos, can be served with delicious lemony roast potatoes

Asma Khan, founder and head chef of Darjeeling Express in Kingly Court, W1, presents recipes for a winter feast inspired by traditional Indian home cooking her own royal Mughlai heritage and memories of her childhood in Calcutta

This is an unashamedly simple take on the classic combination of fish and fennel. Do not neglect the slosh of olive oil at the end – it brings the muted colours and flavours of the dish together.

Letitia Clark shares a Sardinian chicken recipe from her book, 'Bitter Honey'

There is a small Greek island that I go to in the summer where you can find a family-run restaurant on a beach. It serves a sharing plate of crisp-skinned chicken bathed in oil, juicy with lemons and fragrant with mountain oregano – flavours that I will always associate with hot summers on sun-drenched islands.

Carole Bamford's recipe for an elegant dessert, from her cookbook of recipes from Daylesford.

For an even easier version of this family-friendly pizza, you can use Lebanese flatbreads as a base and then it’s ready in no time

This recipe comes into season in July, when beetroots are in season, but can be enjoyed year-round

Diana Henry's bitter flourless chocolate cake recipe with coffee cream. This is the little black dress of puddings - elegant and timeless.

You can make this hot and sour prawn soup recipe as mild or as spicy as you like. If you cannot find any fresh kaffir lime leaves (available from Waitrose and Sainsbury’s), add 2 extra strips of finely pared lime peel. It is not worth using dried kaffir lime leaves, as they do not retain much fragrance.