Spring recipes by Rowley Leigh

So-called new season’s lamb in April has hardly seen a blade of grass and does not have much flavour. A good hogget or mature lamb will have a great deal more. Ask the butcher for a boned and rolled short saddle without the chump

Rowley Leigh's comforting gratin works as a starter or a main

Ginger and rhubarb are a perfect marriage, as is rhubarb and custard, so this makes a harmonious ménage à trois.

Rowley Leigh's light risotto allows complex flavours to shine