Type: Sweetened
Ricotta pancakes with gooseberry relish
You need 10 adjust your expectations slightly before making these. They are not your ordinary fluffy-cakey pancakes, but rather more eggy and…
Esme’s old-fashioned apple and rhubarb pudding
This hot and sweet pudding, with its super-crusty almond topping, is normally cooked for hours in an Aga using windfall apples. Savour…
Apricot, walnut and lavender cake
The combination of walnuts, apricots and lavender is as French as a good baguette with butter and ripe Brie, and it is…
Set ‘cheesecake’ with plum compote
For all of Ottolenghi’s manager Cornelia’s powers of persuasion, she has not yet managed to elicit the highly coveted deconstructed cheesecake recipe…
Stewed blackberries with bay custard and gin
Some puddings have got to be just for the adults, right?! I figure that once you are too old to fit the…
Char-grilled stone fruit with lemon geranium water
The strength of opinion of on line Guardian readers of my weekly column never fails to surprise (and delight) me. What readers…
Roasted figs with pomegranate molasses and orange zest
I can’t emphasise enough how crucial it is to choose good, sweet, squidgy figs, no matter what you do with them. It…
Fig and goat’s cheese tart
The last time I had to make this tart was in front of two television cameras and amid the most dreadful of…
Caramelised brandy pears with fennel seed crackers
This wintry dessert is quite spectacular. The crackers are optional – shortbread is a good substitute – or, even better, commercial tortas…