This month's newcomers...

Spring cauliflower; spring onions; purple sprouting broccoli; radishes; parsley; sorrel; mint; spinach beet leaves; lemon sole; oysters; Sicilian lemons

Editor's pick of seasonal recipes:

Cauliflower cheese ; Beetroot, blood orange and mint salad ; Ricotta and rhubarb pots ; Purple sprouting broccoli, pine nuts and sesame seeds ; Sea bream in banana leaf ; Spring onion pancakes with gravlax salmon

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VEGETABLES

Beetroot Smoked eel with celeriac, beetroot and horseradish remoulade ; Warm beetroot, watercress and grilled goat’s cheese salad ; Salad of roasted baby beets with balsamic dressing ; Candied beetroot with feta and dill

Cauliflower Curried cauliflower and smoked haddock soup ; Cauliflower cheese

Cavolo Nero Cavolo nero with garlic and chilli ; Tuscan bean and vegetable soup

Leeks Leek and lemongrass soup ; Soup of leeks and arbroath smokies

Mint Beetroot, blood orange and mint salad ; Melon with mint and lime ; Pineapple ravioli with iced mango and mint ; Courgette, lemon and mint risotto with mascarpone

Parsley Gremolata ; Pan-fried fish with gremolata ; Salsa verde

Parsnips Chicken, parsnip and date salad with a rice vinegar dressing ; Glazed parsnips with honey, thyme and star anise ; Parsnip and apple soup with stilton croutons ; Black pudding with parsnip mash

Potatoes Potato gratin dauphinoise ; Potatoes Roasted in Duck Fat ; Perfect pomme puree ; Potatoes baked on rock salt with creme fraiche and pancetta ; Roast potatoes with thyme ; Oven roasted potato wedges ; Fondant potatoes ; Individual potatoes Boulangere ; Thai potato soup ; Potato salad

Purple sprouting broccoli Purple sprouting broccoli with anchovy dressing ; Purple sprouting broccoli, pine nuts and sesame seeds ; Roast belly pork with purple sprouting broccoli

Rhubarb (forced) Rhubarb and champagne jellies ; Baked rhubarb ; Ricotta and rhubarb pots ; Rhubarb crumble cake ; Rhubarb chutney

Sorrel Warm roasted vegetable salad

Spring onions Spring onion pancakes with gravlax salmon ; Salmon and spring onion tarts ; Champ with spring onions and broad beans

Radicchio Risotto al radicchio ; Radicchio, fennel and figs ; Radicchio, beetroot and grapefruit salad ; Radicchio salad with pear, watercress and hazelnuts

FRUIT and NUTS

Kiwi fruit

Lemons Lemon-roasted chicken with citrus zest pilaf ; Lemon and rosemary popsicles ; Lemon confit ; Home-made lemon jelly ; Tagliatelle al limone ; Little lemon pots ; Lemon and lime tart ; Lemon-sugar crêpes

Blood Oranges Crisp fennel and blood orange salad ; Marmalade chicken ; Orange creams

Passion fruit Easy passion-fruit jelly ; Passion fruit parfait

Pineapple Pineapple ravioli with iced mango and mint ; Salt-baked pineapple

Pomegranate Pomegranate and ginger sorbet ; Winter bellini ; Roast chicken with pomegranates

MEAT

Mutton Mutton Biryani ; Food detective: mutton ; Roast mutton loin, broccoli, feta salad ; Scotch Broth

FISH and SEAFOOD

Bream Baked sea bream with tomatoes and basil ; Black bream with basil and peas bonne femme ; Sea bream in banana leaf ; Sea bream with roasted fennel, olives, clams, garlic and thyme ;

Clams Warm salad of clams, mussels and squid ; Warm clam and white bean salad ; Clams and jamón in sherry

Cockles Fricassee of cockles and clams with jerusalem artichokes and wakame seaweed ;

Hake Pan-fried hake with wilted lettuce and tomato butter sauce

John dory Shallow-fried John Dory with Ratatouille ; John dory pan-fried with green spice paste

Lemon sole Lemon sole with crushed peas ; Goujons of lemon sole, fat-cut chips and sauce tartar

Mussels Cataplana of salt cod, chorizo and mussels ; Moules marinieres ; Seafood is a cinch ; A word in your shell-like

Oysters Oysters with three sauces ; Steamed oysters with mirin and soy; Fresh oysters with a japanese dressing

Salmon Salmon and coriander fish cakes ; Cumin salmon with green bean raita ; Grilled salmon with pear salsa ; Fennel and Smoked Salmon Salad ; Seared salmon with shallot and white wine sauce ; Oven-roasted salmon with red cabbage and beetroot ; Salmon baked with herbs and caramelised lemons ; Salmon, bacon and wilted sprout tops ; Salad niçoise with seared salmon ;

Sea trout Poached Sea Trout with Gewürztraminer Sauce ; Wild sea trout and baby leeks with crushed potato and tomato butter ; Smoked trout kedgeree

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