Snack

This nutty nougat can be made a few days ahead, leaving you with one less thing to prepare on the day.

Piedmont goes hand-in-hand with chocolate and hazelnut – it’s the birthplace of Nutella, after all. These little biscuits, also known as ladies’ kisses, combine both with just the right amount of crunch.

Sometimes it pays to keep it simple. Toasty bread, butterflied sardines, agrodolce. Dinner done.

A twist on traditional onion bhaji, this is a simple crowd-pleasing snack that’s given a lift with a good-quality eggplant pickle or eggplant brinjal on the side.

If you took palak paneer and stuffed it into a roti, you'd be halfway towards these deliciously unconventional toasted wraps.

Yoghurt, apple sauce, nutmeg and cinnamon add up to one tasty package that's as good for breakfast as it is afternoon tea.

“Filled pastries have a very long history in the Middle East,” says Joseph Abboud. “The original, sanbosag or sanbusaj, became samosa in India, sambousek in Lebanon and sambusa in Ethiopia, to name a few. Börek, which are a great snack, are another.”