Thomasina Miers’ recipe for roast hake and asparagus with grilled spring-onion butter | Sunday best

A dish that sings of spring: hake on asparagus roasted in herby, spicy butter

Butter is so reassuringly delicious, so simply luxuriant, so easily able to transport any ingredient into something infinitely better that it is a wonder that there isn’t a national shortage in these uneasy times. Stack it up in the freezer and get creative with ways you can doctor yours – or just get out a pack and slather it all over hot toast. Either way, things will look up.