Meat starters fine dining

This simple pork belly starter recipe combines sweet and tart crab apples with the uniquely numbing heat of Sichuan peppercorns.

Sweetbreads can be a little intimidating if you’ve not prepared them at home before, but they are a lot easier to cook than you might think – and a real treat. Here, they’re served with a black pudding crumb, spiced carrot purée and a salad of pickled fruits and vegetables.

A beautiful little canapé that combines chef Kerth Gumbs' classical training with something he loved eating whilst growing up in the Caribbean. Johnny cakes (also known as Jonny cakes and Johnnycakes) are like a denser, less sweet doughnut, and here they're topped with a luxurious combination of mayonnaise, crab meat and caviar. Perfect for parties where you want to impress, or you could make the jonny cakes larger and serve them as a starter.

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A BLT like you've never seen before, these little spheres contain meltingly tender pulled pork shoulder, served with baby gem lettuce and a crisp tomato slice. A brilliant mashup of low-and-slow American barbecue flavours, but served as a refined dinner party snack or starter.

Looking for your next delicate starter? Try our decadent and delicious Seared Beef Tataki with Ponzu Sauce and Watercress Salad Recipe.

Sous vide cooking, like all cooking, is about time and temperature. You can adjust either or both to influence your results. Chef Thomas Keller demonstrates this by walking through two short rib preparations: two short ribs cooked sous vide, one at 62°C for 48 hours and another at 79°C for a cooking time of 24 hours (the recipe remains the same, simply the time and temperatures are adjusted). As Chef Keller notes, some juice from the meat has collected in the vacuum sealer bag around the…

Juicy, meltingly tender beef cheeks, slow braised in red wine and served with a sweet and sour shallot jus, deep in flavour and easy to prepare.

This delicious starter from Stuart Ralston uses alp blossom cheese, a beautiful German cheese that is sold covered in dried flowers, just like this starter.