Summer fruit recipes
Make the most of sweet, ripe summer berries and stone fruit with our summer fruit recipes collection.
There’s plenty of ideas for strawberries, raspberries, peaches, cherries, blackcurrants, gooseberries and more juicy fruits.
From fruity desserts, sorbets and ice creams to drinks, bakes and even some sweet-savoury recipe ideas, these summer fruit recipes will put your glut of berries or stone fruit to delicious use…
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Non-alcoholic drink recipes
Brazilian-style lemonade
Inspired by Brazilian lemonade, made by whizzing limes with condensed milk, our take has added lemon and mint to keep it really refreshing.
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Raspberry recipes
Raspberry and pink peppercorn lemonade
Pink lemonade is best made with raspberries for the ideal balance of tart and sweet. Pink peppercorns add a subtle kick of fruity spice.
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Non-alcoholic drink recipes
Classic homemade lemonade
Homemade lemonade is completely different to most of the stuff in the shops. Tailor the sweetness and tang to your personal taste.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Grilled peaches with rose-scented madeira cake
Juicy fresh peaches soften and intensify in flavour as they're grilled over the barbecue, the charred lines adding caramelised depth.
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Best-of-the-best summer swiss roll
With a light but springy sponge, rich mascarpone cream and fresh seasonal fruit, our best swiss roll recipe makes the perfect summer dessert.
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Healthy breakfast recipes
Roasted cherries with cocoa and hazelnut granola
Bring out the sweetness of cherries by roasting them and pairing with crunchy, nutty cocoa-dusted granola. A brilliant summer breakfast.
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry, black pepper and clotted cream tart
This strawberry tart is one seriously impressive summer dessert. Strawberries macerated with black pepper top a rich clotted cream filling.
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Strawberry recipes
Balsamic-roasted strawberries with mascarpone
Balsamic strawberries with mascarpone make a seriously good grown-up pudding. Try this low-effort, six ingredient summer dessert today.
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Summer salads and sides
Parma ham, halloumi, strawberry and mint
This speedy parma ham starter pairs the ham with salty halloumi cheese, sweet strawberries and fresh mint.
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Baking recipes
Strawberry, chocolate and lemon drizzle cake
What's better than a lemon drizzle cake? A lemon drizzle cake crowned with dark chocolate, then topped with strawberries!
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Raspberry recipes
Raspberry and sesame cheesecake danishes
These easy pastries are like a cheesecake in danish form, with raspberries, a cream cheese base and sweet-salty sesame caramel.
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Sweet tart recipes
Michel Roux Jr’s almond and raspberry frangipane tart
Devote an afternoon to making Michel Roux Jr’s classy frangipane tart. “This French version of a bakewell tart is one of my favourites,” he says.
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Pavlova recipes
Gooseberry and toasted coconut pavlova
This showpiece pavlova from food writer Angela Clutton anticipates summer's arrival, combining elderflowers and early-season gooseberries.
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Strawberry recipes
Chocolate chip strawberry shortcakes
This light and crumbly shortcake comes studded with dark chocolate. It’s the perfect vehicle to showcase strawberries and cream.
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Cake recipes
Ravneet Gill’s strawberry and lemon verbena fraisier cake
A fraisier cake was among my earliest endeavours at culinary school. The simplicity and elegance of this cake are truly unmatched.
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Peanut butter recipes
Peanut butter frangipane and fresh jam tart
Nutty pastry and a creamy peanut butter frangipane are balanced with sweet-sharp fresh jam in this delight of a dessert. Keeping the berries whole in the jam creates welcome nuggets of juicy fruit to bite into.
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