An excellent start to a hearty dinner party or picnic, these duck rillettes with piccalilli are a special at Curtis Stone's restaurant Gwen.

Vodka-pickled prawns, soft pull-apart rolls and a generous slather of mayonnaise. It's the sandwich of summer.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for bacon and tomato polenta-crust pie.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chicken pie.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for zucchini and Gruyère galette.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chocolate madeleines with mascarpone and marmalade.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for prawn bisque.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for herb-stuffed mushrooms.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for celeriac and kohlrabi rémoulade.