Gooseberry recipes
This versatile tangy berry is often found in desserts; here are some scrumptious gooseberry recipes including fools, gooseberry cheesecakes and gooseberry jam. And…you can also use in savoury dishes, like this smoked mackerel and gooseberry salad.
Gooseberries can be in season as early as the end of May in the UK, depending on the weather.
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Focaccia recipes
Herby gooseberry focaccia
This focaccia is everything you need from a bread. It’s laced with olive oil so...

Gooseberry recipes
Sticky gooseberry cake with saffron and honey with...
Gill Meller’s gooseberry cake has a pleasing tartness, balanced by the saffron and honey sponge,...

Healthy salad recipes
Pickled cucumber, fennel, gooseberry, tarragon and lemon salad
Sharp, sweet, crunchy and fresh – Gill Meller’s quick pickled cucumber salad is the perfect...

Pannacotta recipes
Pannacotta with gooseberry and elderflower compote
A perfectly set, wobbling pannacotta is a wonderful thing. Served with sweet-tart gooseberry compote, to...

June seasonal recipes
Smoked mackerel and gooseberry salad
Mackerel and gooseberry salad might seem like an unusual combination but trust us, it works....

Baked cheesecake recipes
Clotted cream cheesecakes with gooseberry compote
Looking for a summer pudding that’s a bit…different? These decadent little baked clotted cream cheesecakes...

Canapés and cocktails
Gooseberry ginger beer
In early summer gooseberries are fat, irresistible emeralds – use them in this delightful al...

Fool recipes
Elderflower fool with poached gooseberries
Use our elderflower cordial recipe, or a shop-bought one, to make this summer dessert –...

Gooseberry recipes
Gooseberry and elderflower tarts
This gooseberry tart recipe is easy-peasy to make and is a great get-ahead dessert to...

Fool recipes
Gooseberry fool
An extra quick fool recipe made with gooseberries, elderflower cream, amaretti biscuits and ready-made meringues....

Gooseberry recipes
Victoria sponge with crème patissière and gooseberry compote
This delightfully old-fashioned gooseberry sponge cake recipe is a taste of summer, with sweet and...

Teatime traybake recipes
Gooseberry streusel cake with elderflower syrup
Make the most of gooseberries, during the summer months, with this amazing streusel cake recipe....

Fool recipes
Gooseberry and elderflower fool
Our gooseberry and elderflower fool is a quick and easy way to enjoy seasonal gooseberries,...

Gooseberry recipes
Gooseberry, orange and almond dimple cake
This is a beautifully moist gooseberry cake – and it’s best served warm. The ‘dimples’...

Gooseberry, lemon and macadamia nut crumbles
We like these served in individual dishes so that everyone gets their share of the...

Gooseberry recipes
Gooseberry jam
It takes just three ingredients to make gooseberry jam. And the riper the gooseberry, the...

Gooseberry recipes
Baked gooseberry, ginger and crème fraîche cheesecake
This delectable baked cheesecake recipe is bursting with fresh gooseberries and made with a zingy...