These Mexican-style meatballs in a smoky chipotle sauce are a great antidote to the coming Christmas fare.

With this bangers and mash recipe, the sausages and potatoes are replaced with chorizo and seasonal butternut squash mash and the gravy is replaced with a Spanish pepper sauce.

These were trending a while back, but they were made famous long ago by Peter Gordon at Kopapa in Covent Garden London (now closed). I had them there and thought them a bit gloopy (sorry Peter/Turkey).

‘Late lunch, cold winter night, tired… Whatever the excuse the classic cheese on toast will save you…’

‘Inexpensive cuts turned into a sumptuous feast. Fits the bill for a rainy Sunday or a sunny Saturday evening in the garden…’