As part of Big Green Egg’s 50th birthday celebrations, we’re sharing 50 brand-new recipes from an amazing cast of cooks. Next up is chef, food writer and River Cottage mainstay Gill Meller. Gill, who lives near the Dorset coast, is passionate about outdoor cooking, which, he says, “gives us the opportunity to switch off and reconnect with a simpler way of life”. He also loves foraging for wild food: “The more we can focus in on the natural world the better, and if you get to take home a few delicious things to eat as a result of it, happy days.”

Gill’s much-used Big Green Egg is the perfect tool for his outdoor lifestyle. “It’s the heat management – the way you can drop it down to very low temperatures and cook for a long time, or you can fire it right up and cook over searing heat.” It can, he says, “turn something that could be considered a lowly ingredient into something super-delicious.”