This flaked almond trout recipe will easily serve six. The trout is washed and then sprinkled with salt and pepper before being coated in flour and fried or baked.

These cardamom butter cookies are Persian in origin. They are quite delicate as they are made from rice flour. Other ingredients include butter, icing sugar, egg yolk, ground cardamom seeds, chopped pistachios and a pinch of salt.

This chocolate cake recipe is melt-in-your mouth, besides being simple and reliable. It’s not too rich but that doesn’t stop it from offering a wonderfully indulgent taste experience.

Ganache not only makes for a great-tasting cake but it also keeps it moist and offers a good base for icing.

Vegetarian patties can be made with all sorts of ingredients including chickpeas, nuts and lentils.

This plum crisp tart is a colourful one as it uses plums as well as rhubarb. You could easily substitute these fruits with other seasonal fruits. The dessert is based on Rachel Allen’s recipe from Favourite Food at Home.

Stollen bread is a sweet bread that is dusted with sugar or icing sugar. It contains dried fruit, orange juice and rum (or substitute strong black tea for the alcohol).

When you think of Chinese food images of oily, greasy noodles may come to mind. Chow mein is often considered to be anything but healthy but made right this wonderful Chinese dish can be a great addition to any diet.

In their book Homebaking Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid introduce their rice flour muffin-cakes as follows: ‘Having met people with wheat intolerance, as well as those who are allergic to gluten (celiacs), we’re always on the lookout for baked goods that use only rice or sorghum or corn flour.’

There’s nothing like the smell of fresh, warm doughnuts and they’re not at all difficult to make.