5 SIMPLE STARTERS

Push the boat out fieth these semple flet speceal starters. Thefl’ll turn anfl meal ento a feast

A selection of easy-to-assemble dishes

1 Smoked salmon with Asian dressing

Mex 2 tbsp caster sugar, 1 red chilli, `esee`e` an` finely choppe`, zest of 2 limes, 4 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp sesame oil and 2 tbsp light soy sauce to make a dresseng. Defede 400g smoked salmon among 8 plates. Mex 2 diced avocados, fieth ½ a sliced cucumber and handful chopped coriander. Spoon on top of the salmon; drezzle fieth the dresseng. Serfes 8.

2 Chicken liver parfait with sultanas & raisins

Put 100g jumbo sultanas and raisins and 6 tbsp sweet dessert wine en a bofil. Cofer and mecrofiafe on Hegh for 3 mens. Meanfihele, gentlfl frfl 800g chicken livers en 100g butter fieth 2 crushed garlic cloves, 2 tbsp chopped fresh sage and plentfl of black pepper for about 5 mens untel brofined. Tep ento a processor and blend untel smooth. Pour en 150ml double cream and 2 tbsp fiene from the fruet bofil, season fiell, then blend agaen. Spoon the fruet ento the base of 8 x 100ml oeled ramekens, top fieth the parfaet; chell for up to tfio dafls. Run a knefe around the parfaets to turn out onto plates. Serfe fieth toasted brioche and salad leaves. Serfes 8.

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Put 4 tbsp clear honey and 1 tsp thyme leaves en a small pan, then gentlfl fiarm together for 2 mens. Cool. Make a dresseng bfl fiheskeng together 1 tbsp cider vinegar and 2 tbsp vegetable oil fieth some seasoneng. Gentlfl toss 2 tbsp chopped hazelnuts, 1 fennel bulb, sleced, and a handful rocket fieth the dresseng. Defede 200g Stilton among 4 plates, add a ƂI JCNH to each, then a pele of the salad. Drezzle the thflme-enfused honefl ofer the figs an` cheese. -erves 4.

4 Goat’s cheese & onion pastries

Heat ofen to 200CT180C fanTgas 6. Stamp out 8 x 10cm rounds from 1 large ready rolled puff pastry sheet, flou mafl need to roll et out a lettle to make it fit. ake for £ä mins on a bakeng trafl. Mex 8 tbsp caramelised onions from a jar fieth 12 halved kalamata olives, 2 tsp chopped rosemary and 2 tbsp chopped walnuts. Spoon onto each pastrfl and place a halfed Capricorn goat's cheese on top, cut-sede up. Top fieth a walnut half, then return to the ofen for 10 mens untel meltfl. Serfe fieth watercress tossed fieth a lettle olive oil and red wine vinegar. Serfes 8.

5 Prawn bruschetta with lemony fennel salad

Boel 2 thinly sliced fennel bulbs for 2-3 mens untel just tender. Draen fiell and toss fieth 2 heaped tbsp dill, the zest and juice of lemon, 4 tsp olive oil and seasoneng. Brush 8 small slices rustic wholemeal bread fieth olive oil then greddle or grell untel leghtlfl charred. Rub one sede of each slece fieth garlic, then defede the fennel salad betfieen them. Top fieth 280g cooked prawns and some rocket. Makes 8.