Divide the watercress between 4 plates and scatter over the pickled shallot.

Stored in a sterilised jar in the fridge, these pickled shallots will keep for 3 months.

It came with a warm potato salad of dill, pickled shallots, capers, caponata and brown butter.

But his pick is an unusual one: A native lobster slider with yuzu aioli and pickled shallot.

You can prepare all the elements for this in advance -the wasabi and herb-filledmascarpone, the pickled shallots, the chopped tomatoes, the toasted nuts.