Cook like a local malta

Crowd-pleasing dishes inspired by summer travels

You could forgive a first-time visitor to Azerbaijan, fresh off the plane in Baku (psst – it’s an easy five-hour direct flight from London), for mistakenly thinking they’d stumbled into a celebration

Follow Clark’s recipes and combine these new ingredients with some of the cuisine’s staples, such as tomatoes, garlic and seafood. You’ll create dishes that do much more than simply uphold the Mediterranean’s reputation for good nutrition.

■ 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

Easy sauces that can be rustled up in no time

Valencia, on Spain’s eastern coast, is the undisputed home of paella. The fabulous saffron-infused rice dish is now synonymous with the city and Spain more generally Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil4 skin