If you have some time up your sleeve, why not plan your next big cooking project. Whether you want to master the art of puff pastry, impress the family with a labour-intensive French dessert or perfect your spanakopita skills, now is the time to try.
Party Paella
Peanut butter “baklava”
Jammy mandarin and cinnamon buns
Rabbit ‘spanakopita’
Pulled beef rolls with corn and green chilli relish
Slow-cooked pork shoulder with plums
Beef Wellington
Duck galantine with foie gras and beetroot jelly
Duck rillettes
Torta di riso (sweet rice pie)
Puff pastry
Croissants
Vanilla-caramel éclairs with chocolate glaze
Rhubarb millefeuille
Gâteau Saint-Honoré
Chocolate and almond millefeuille
Chocolate raspberry layer cake
Croquembouche
Double plum pudding with brown sugar hard sauce