Ray McVinnie has your spring dinner party menu covered with these three seasonal dishes.
Panfried lamb shortloin with greens and greek lemon sauce
I used the excellent grass fed Homegrown Farm Fresh Meats brand Charolais lamb for this. This recipe is also good with lamb cutlets.
The sauce is a traditional Greek sauce which I like on fish, chicken and vegetables as well as lamb as in the following. Don't let it boil or it will curdle. If it does, carefully blend in a blender or with a wand blender until smooth. It won't be as thick as it should be but it will still taste and look good. Get the recipe
Scallop, bacon and green bean salad
The combination of the flavours of scallops, bacon and celery is one I have always liked. If you have lovage in your garden use some of the leaves as they have a celery-like flavour. Substitute asparagus for the beans if you like. Get the recipe
Brown sugar, orange and hazelnut syrup cake with strawberry and orange salad and mascarpone
Thin, soft orange and hazelnut cake, soaked in orange syrup, is served in slices with a salad of strawberries and oranges, and mascarpone. Get the recipe
