Hazelnut macaroons, coconut jelly and soft chocolate.

Recipe collection

The ultimate dinner party recipes

Blue cheese, oysters and horseradish cream... some foods take a little while to grow into. We've collated our favourite recipes for mature palates.

23 recipes

Dark chocolate and orange tart.

Sweet pies & tarts

Dark chocolate and orange tart

30 mins - 1 hr
Karen Martini

Biscuit

Blue cheese madeleines

< 30 mins
Jill Dupleix

Gin & Juice

Fruit desserts

'Gin & Juice': Watermelon and mint granita, gin and lime ice-cream, ginger biscuit

2 hrs +
Shane Delia

Rare roast beef salad. — EASY

Meat

Rare roast beef salad with carpaccio dressing

< 30 mins

Kung pao chicken. — EASY

Banquet

Kung pao chicken recipe

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

taramasalata — EASY

Dips

Salmon taramasalata with prawns and prawn crackers

30 mins - 1 hr
Jill Dupleix

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White cerviche with puffed quinoa.

Seafood

White cerviche with puffed quinoa

2 hrs +
Kate Gibbs

Beer-steamed mussels. — EASY

Seafood

Beer-steamed mussels with chorizo

< 30 mins

Adam Liaw's baked onion and blue cheese flatbread.

Bread

Baked onion, blue cheese and sage pizza recipe

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

Carajillo ice-cream (coffee-brandy ice-cream).

Ice-cream & sorbet

Carajillo (brandy and coffee) ice-cream and brownies

2 hrs +
Frank Camorra

Sticky, slow-cooked Campari pork ribs.

Barbecue

Dan Lepard's slow-cooked Campari ribs recipe

2 hrs +
Dan Lepard

Neil Perry's homemade ricotta with smashed broad beans, peas and mint.

Salad

Smashed broad beans, peas and mint with homemade ricotta recipe

2 hrs +
Neil Perry

Neil Perry's stir-fried silken tofu with black vinegar. — EASY

Stir-fry

Stir-fried silken tofu recipe with black vinegar and mustard greens

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

Affogato — EASY

Chocolate

Chocolate affogato

< 30 mins
Jill Dupleix

Chicken liver parfait.

Dips

Chicken liver parfait recipe

2 hrs +
Darren Roberston and Mark LaBrooy

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Soft chocolate, coconut jelly and hazlenut macaroon.

Nuts

Soft chocolate, coconut jelly and hazelnut macaroon

1-2 hrs

Seafood platter.

Seafood

Seafood platter

30 mins - 1 hr
Jeremy and Jane Strode

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Seafood

Oysters with cucumber and finger limes

< 30 mins
Jill Dupleix

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Sweet pies & tarts

Bittersweet chocolate tart

2 hrs +
Neil Perry

Sticky sherry cake. — EASY

Cake

Sticky sherry cake with muscatels

30 mins - 1 hr
Jill Dupleix

Berry, Sauternes and mascarpone trifle.

Sweet pies & tarts

Berry, sauternes and mascarpone trifle

1-2 hrs
Neil Perry

Campari and blood orange jubes.

Orange

Campari and blood orange jubes

30 mins - 1 hr
Karen Martini

Neil Perry's vanilla prune tart.

Sweet pies & tarts

Vanilla, prune and Armagnac tart

30 mins - 1 hr
Neil Perry

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