The Good Cook

Award-winning food writer Simon Hopkinson shares his passion and expertise as he creates truly delicious meals. Across the series Simon will introduce the ingredients he cannot live without. Simon shares his love for Italian porcini mushrooms and anchovies.

Simon demonstrates how to make `naked risotto', Parma ham and asparagus pancakes, a quiche Lorraine and a very simple but amazing coffee granita.

Simon shows how to cook stuffed roasted peppers (Piedmontese peppers), the perfect steak and chips, roasted aubergines with feta, a smoked haddock pilaf and a rhubarb crumble. Simon also talks about his love of olive oil and Guernsey cream.

Simon demonstrates how to make his mother's cheese and onion pie, delicious Tuscan tomato and bread salad, Rockefeller-style mussels, tender breast of lamb with onions, and the perfect orange caramel custard.

Simon demonstrates how to make his famous chicken, irresistible parmesan biscuits, delicious gravlax, roquefort and pear salad, and a heavenly rice pudding.

Simon prepares a potato soup with soured cream and chives, fragrant braised fennel with parmesan, a fried lamb slice with mayonnaise, sweet and sour calf's liver and onions, a gourmet cheese and ham sandwich, and a sumptuous ginger chocolate pot.