Gino d’acampo’s italian classics

■ Serves 4 ■ Prep 5 mins ■ Cook 30 mins sauce only 3 tbsp olive oil4 garlic cloves, finely sliced1 dried red chilli or a largepinch of chilli flakes (optional)½ tsp caster sugar1 tbsp red wine vinegar

What I really love about this dish is you can use it in so many different ways. Throw it over pasta — the Sicilians love pasta with aubergine — or you can just have it with bread, like naan, or rice,

In her new book Mexican Table , 2005 MasterChef winner Thomasina Miers presents simple recipes bursting with delicious Latin flavours. Here are our favourites…

Serves 6Prep time 15 min • 150g hot-smoked trout, roughly chopped • 1 small garlic clove • Finely grated zest ½ lemon, plus juice of 1 lemon • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle • 19

Crowd-pleasing dishes inspired by summer travels

Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 350 g potatoes, peeled,diced225 g swede, peeled, diced2 eggs50 g butter50 g plain flour600 ml milk, plus extra formashing450 g smoked haddock,skinned and cubed110 g frozen pea