Embrace the renewing warmth of spring sunshine by celebrating the best of the season’s produce. From party-ready favourites like zucchini bruschetta, lamb and carrot sausage rolls and beetroot chocolate mud cakes to leisurely weekend lunch fare such as spring onion fritters and quinoa salad with pomegranate, pumpkin and ashed goat’s cheese, these 20 recipes are bound to put a spring in your step.

Roast chicken with tarragon butter and dutch carrots

Roast strawberries with crème fraîche and candied fennel seeds

Grilled witlof, mint and almond salad with blackened mandarin

Slow-cooked ocean trout with peas, and meyer lemon and fennel salsa

Farro with broad beans, ricotta salata, mint and lovage

Bruschetta with mozzarella, zucchini, mint and lemon

Spring onion fritters and crisp broad bean leaf tips with preserved lemon mayonnaise

Nougat, salted peanut caramel and milk chocolate tart

Quinoa salad with pomegranate, pumpkin and ashed goat’s cheese
