Celebrate this Mother's Day with FDL's Menu Ideas

Celebrating Mother's Day in style? Then you'll need the menu to match.

We've rounded up a selection of recipes from inspiring female chefs to celebrate the leading woman in your life.

Take your pick of Italian-influenced comfort food, or go for fresh fish and finish on a sweet note with an original vegan plantain pudding or an irresistible chocolate mousse recipe from a pro-French pastry chef.

While all are big on flavour and style, you'll also put in enough time in the kitchen to really set expectations high for a special and unforgettable Mother's Day dinner this year.

If 'cooking is an act of love', as US chef Dominique Crenn says, cook on.

Mother's Day Menu Ideas

Starters

Spelt Bread Gnocchi (pisarei) with Cherry Tomatoes and Capers
Carla Aradelli, chef at Riva, Italy

Take your pick of a spelt bread gnocchi Italian starter by chef Carla Aradelli from her family-run Michelin-starred restaurant in northern Italy.

Matzah Ball Soup
Jessica Rosval, chef at Casa Maria Luigia, Italy

Or, try chef Jessica Rosval's family recipe for a comforting bowl of matzah ball soup.

Main Courses

Branzino
Mei Lin, chef/owner Nightshade, Los Angeles, US

If your mother loves fresh fish, go for chef Mei Lin's whole butterflied branzino topped with a punchy Sichuan chilli paste, chive ginger sauce and fresh aromatic herbs. The dish is the perfect expression of the Nightshade chef/owners' ability to elevate classic Asian dishes.

Green Lasagna Bolognese
Simili Sisters, chef/teacher, Bolgona, Italy

If comfort food speaks volumes, try this exclusive authentic recipe for a deep and delicious perfectly baked green lasagna bolognese from Italy's beloved Simili sisters, the masters of home-cooked Italian specialities. For this one, you'll need to whip up a ragù, béchamel and homemade green pasta.

Desserts

Finish on a high note and take your pick of two very different, easy, yet equally impactful desserts.

Perfect Chocolate Mousse
Nina Métayer, Pastry Chef, France

Go all out with a timeless classic and make an unforgettable rich, creamy and altogether decadent chocolate mousse, with top tips shared by French pastry chef Nina Métayer.

Baked Plantain with Bee Pollen, Raw Cacao and Wild Honey Ice Cream
Stephanie Audet, chef-owner, Senhor Uva, Lisbon, Portugal

Or, try an unusual vegan plantain and homemade wild honey ice cream dessert, courtesy of chef Stephanie Audet, who runs a natural food, wine bar, and boutique in Lisbon, Portugal.