HOW TO GET AHEAD

Prepare the pork medallions up to a day ahead.

Prepare the peppers for the salad, and cook and cool the potatoes up to a day before. Blanch and refresh the green beans in the morning.

The pastry case for the tart can be baked blind, filled with

frangipane and baked in the morning, the cherries stoned and the mascarpone mix made – all ready for last-minute assembly.