10-minute Dinners

Recipe: Done in 10.

Recipes for: pepper steak with red wine, parmesan and chilli, fontina and parmesan-stuffed mushrooms with marsala and oregano, orzo with rocket, semi-dried tomatoes and pine nuts, barbecued chicken skewers with lime, ginger and soy, and pan-fried veal with tomato, red wine and asparagus.

There's nothing worse than coming home after a wearisome day at work to be met with the prospect of more hours of toil in the kitchen.

To satisfy the mid-week need for culinary speed, Epicure has come up with five tasty recipes, one for each day, that require minimum fuss for maximum mouthwatering appeal.

The only trick with these 10-minute dinners is that you need to be prepared.