Yotam ottolenghi

As part of our A Home-Cooked Summer campaign, Yotam Ottolenghi shares five recipes from his best-selling cookbook, Ottolenghi SIMPLE, to see you through the new normal ahead, from a comforting classic to a store cupboard superstar.

One of the most popular recipes from Ottolenghi's ground-breaking cookbook, SIMPLE, this dish of fragrant, hot cherry tomatoes served with cold yoghurt is the perfect dip or mezze.

Iranian dried sour plums, known as aloo bukhara, are like nature’s candy; they are beautifully orange, sweet, sour and hard to resist. You can find them in most Middle Eastern supermarkets, but if you can’t get your hands on any, then use dried apricots or sour cherries instead. This is a celebration dish, perfect for sharing and well worth the effort

These delicious and aromatic courgette fritters are one of the most popular starters at Yotam Ottolenghi's Soho-based restaurant, NOPI.

This roasted butternut squash with cardamom and nigella seeds is from Yotam Ottolenghi. If you want a show-stopping vegetarian dish, this is it!

Call these Ottolenghi salads ‘sides’ at your peril – these dishes are just as flavourful as the rest of your summer spread.

Beef skewers with dried limes, a version of spiced rice found across the Arabian Gulf – and a fresh, crunchy salad to counteract its richness

The deep, intense flavour of slow-cooked chicken is matched by a hollow pasta that soaks up the cooking juices

This Cauliflower Cake Recipe is from Yotam Ottolenghi's newest cookbook, Plenty More.