Book excerpt: Travel the Med without leaving your kitchen. Join national treasure Ainsley Harriott on his culinary journey through the Mediterranean discovering the very best recipes to cook back home. Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook includes all the recipes from his major 10-part ITV1 series. Journeying through Spain, Sardinia, Morocco, Corsica and Jordan, Ainsley shows how easy and enjoyable it can be to make fresh, healthy, delicious meals. From simple salads and dips to everyday favourites like pasta and risottos, satisfying meats, flavoursome vegetarian mains and light fish dishes, Ainsleys’s recipes are perfect for a relaxed gathering of family and friends or hassle-free midweek meal. Recipes include: Corsican mint omelette Moroccan vegetable and sesame seed parcels Courgette, lemon and pecorino spaghetti Butternut squash and sweet potato tagine Nutty pearl couscous with feta and dates Aromatic fish pilaf Pasta shells with sausage, tomato and fennel sauce Hazelnut and chocolate cake Orange and cinnamon hot chocolate