Tom Parker Bowles’s rhubarb fool

Rhubarb fool is deliciously easy to make and food writer Tom Parker Bowles’s traditional version uses just six ingredients. “Fool: great name and beautifully simple to make – rhubarb is my favourite version,” says Tom, whose recipe includes a touch of ginger.

• Classic flavour pairing: Tom combines rhubarb with ginger for a low-effort but flavour-packed dessert. “Ginger biscuits add wonderful crunch and soaking them in The King’s Ginger liqueur makes it finer still.”
• Flexible recipe: “As summer makes an appearance, use gooseberries or raspberries instead,” suggest Tom. Use any soft summer fruit you like as-is, or make a compote from hardier fruits to fold into the cream.
• Easy method: Only 20-minutes hands-on time are needed – the oven does the rest of the hard work.

Try a strawberry, blackberry or damson fool next.