Mary Berry served up a tasty chicken with asparagus and lemon crème fraîche sauce on Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites.

Mary says: “This dish is easy to prepare ahead so perfect for a dinner party. Serve with rice or baby new potatoes.”

The ingredients are: 50g butter, 2 tbsp oil, 6 small chicken breasts, boned, skinned, 6 banana shallots, quartered lengthways, 30g/1oz plain flour, 400ml chicken stock, 1½ tbsp chopped lemon thyme leaves, 12 asparagus spears, woody ends snapped off, 1 large lemon, juice only, 200ml full-fat crème fraîche, 2 tbsp chopped parsley and salt and freshly ground black pepper.

The recipe is taken from Mary’s book titled: Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites, available from Amazon now.