THE Potato Peel Pie may been immortalised by a best-selling book, but now the search is on for the perfect recipe for the dish.

College of Further Education chef tutor Paul Wilson (pictured) has been researching potato peel pie, but has discovered that there were lots of different recipes using whatever ingredients were to hand.

So now he has appealed to islanders to come up with a modern recipe for the dish using local ingredients as part of a competition.

The dishes will be judged by a team that will include Shaun Rankin and Dorothy Langlois, as well as Liz Froneberger, the daughter of Mary Shaffer, who penned the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Eight recipes will be shortlisted and then the creators will be asked to come and cook the dishes in the college kitchens on 13 May. They will have two-and-a-half hours to cook one whole pie or four portions. The judges will then decide on the overall winner.

All entries need to be submitted by 26 April.

For further details and an application form call 737500.