Type: Dessert one-basics

September 13, 2022

One basic pumpkin caramel: baked apples with pumpkin caramel and rye crumbs

An apple a day, right? There are two desserts that celebrate the humble apple in this chapter. Alongside the roulade (p. 232)…

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One basic flaky pie dough: blueberry and cream cheese crostata

The least sweet (but nonetheless moreish) of our desserts is this crostata, thanks to the cream cheese, lime and not overly sweet…

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One basic yeasted dough: chocolate, orange and pistachio buns (aka v’s fabulous buns)

In quintessential Verena fashion, these buns are a way to start the day on a decadent, pillowy high, via bread. They are…

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One basic meringue roulade: brown sugar meringue roulade with burnt honey apples

If the flavours of autumn could be rolled into one, this meringue roulade would be the result: warming cinnamon, burnt honey, sweet…

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Granita with chilli lime pineapple and crispy coconut

Pineapples and coconuts and chillies and limes: we all adore these ingredients together (and individually), but one of us in particular loves…

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One basic mousse: coffee mousse with tahini fudge

When it comes to desserts, this one couldn’t be easier. It isn’t a classic mousse, where you’d whip together egg yolks and…

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One basic labneh: lemon posset, meringue and burnt lemon

Simple ingredients made super special could not ring more true for these lemon possets. It’s well worth the effort, though, for the…

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One basic hazelnut praline: devil’s food cake

This is everything Verena loves in cake form, and so Noor channelled her inner pastry chef in dedicating this cake wholeheartedly to…

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One basic crème anglaise: tahdig ice cream

This ice cream celebrates all the comfort that rice has to offer, in the sweetest way possible, of course. There’s a bit…

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