Type: Sweetened

June 9, 2022

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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