It’s party season! Cocktails, finger food, desserts – check, check and check.

Champagne jelly with raspberries
Champagne jelly with raspberries
Champagne jelly with raspberries
PHOTOGRAPH VANESSA LEVIS

Spice-rubbed chicken with pink grapefruit and beetroot salad
Spice-rubbed chicken with pink grapefruit and beetroot salad
Spice-rubbed chicken with pink grapefruit and beetroot salad
PHOTOGRAPH BEN DEARNLEY

Quail stewed with melting onions, saffron and chickpeas
Quail stewed with melting onions, saffron and chickpeas
Quail stewed with melting onions, saffron and chickpeas
PHOTOGRAPH MARK ROPER

Little lime meringue cakes

Tomato, fennel and parmesan tart

Farfalle with asparagus, crème fraîche and tarragon
Farfalle with asparagus, crème fraîche and tarragon
Farfalle with asparagus, crème fraîche and tarragon
PHOTOGRAPH JASON LOUCAS

Calamari and green mango salad

Chocolate raspberry layer cake

Malloreddus with pork sausage and radicchio
Malloreddus with pork sausage and radicchio
Malloreddus with pork sausage and radicchio
PHOTOGRAPH WILLIAM MEPPEM