James Martin served up roast tasty partridge with buckwheat salad for the festive season on Home Comforts at Christmas.

James says: “Roast game with this seasonal warm salad is the perfect dish for an autumn evening or wintry lunch.”

The ingredients are: 4 whole partridges, cleaned, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, 50g butter, 125g buckwheat, 400ml chicken stock, 12 baby leeks, 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses, 2 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar, 1 pomegranate, seeds only, 2 tbsp chopped fresh flatleaf parsley, 100g cobnuts, shells removed, lightly crushed and 1 tbsp vegetable oil.