Easy dinner party mains
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Italian pasta recipes
Squash ravioli with mushrooms and sage pesto
This autumnal recipe is filled with butternut squash and served with roasted mushrooms and sage pesto for a knockout dinner party main (that's vegan!).
Vegetarian versions of classic recipes
Aubergine milanese with spaghetti
Bring the sun-kissed flavours of the Mediterranean to your dinner table with this easy, meat-free aubergine milanese with spaghetti dish.
Savoury tarts
Goat’s cheese, beetroot and hazelnut tarts
Feeding vegetarians at your next dinner party? These individual beetroot and goat's cheese tarts are sure to impress and delight.
Healthy fish recipes
Tomos Parry’s whole roast turbot with clams, fennel and potatoes
This whole roast turbot by Tomos Parry, with clams, fennel, tarragon and potatoes, would make a truly memorable dinner party main.
Vegetarian main courses
All-in-one lasagne
An all-in-one vegetarian lasagne in which you stir cabbage, lentils and crème fraîche into the tomato sauce before layering with lasagne sheets.
Salmon fillet recipes
Confit salmon with mint and coriander chutney and pomegranate and pistachio chaat
Confit is a classic technique that ensures the salmon is beautifully soft. The herby chutney and pomegranate and pistachio chaat is the perfect complement
Smoked haddock recipes
Smoked haddock and jersey royal stew
This stunning haddock and jersey royal stew is all about championing the wonderful flavour of oak-smoked fish.
Casserole recipes
Slow-cooked beef stew
Leave this slow-cooked beef stew in the oven for 4-5 hours until the meat is tender and the vegetables are velvety and soft.
Easy dinner party mains
Hot-smoked trout, new potato and beetroot salad
Gill Meller showcases hot-smoked trout by pairing it with new potatoes, beetroot and horseradish in the form of a hearty summer salad.
Easy dinner party mains
Lebanese kofte
Serve with a cooling tahini yogurt dip, toasted pittas and some sharp pickles for a quick Lebanese-style meal.
Asparagus recipes
Asparagus, pecorino and lemon risotto
Looking for a spring risotto? The zingy flavours of lemon and mint let the main star shine in Debbie Major's asparagus risotto recipe.
September seasonal recipes
Mushroom and leek filo pie
This impressive vegetarian filo pie is packed with mushrooms, leeks, cheddar cheese and gooey, soft-boiled eggs.
Creamy chicken recipes
Pan-fried chicken supremes in mustard, cream and prune sauce
If you can't find chicken supremes, you can use skin-on chicken breasts instead – both taste incredible when cooked in the creamy mustard and prune sauce.
Easy dinner party mains
Pork fillet with cheat’s tonnato
This pork dish is packed full of protein and the tonnato takes just 2 minutes to whizz up. An easy but, elegant dinner party platter
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