Up for the crack: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's walnut recipes

They're great eaten just as they are, but walnuts work wonders in savoury and sweet dishes, too, from pasta sauces and salads to puddings and breads

It's walnut time. As autumn deepens, these beauties are finally ripening. Walnut trees do not pepper our gardens as plentifully as, say, apples, plums or even hazels, but as we rediscover their charms, more and more of these lovely trees are being planted both domestically and commercially.

If you've got the space to grow a walnut tree (or two: the...