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Watermelon, elderflower fizz
A drink for high summer, watermelon, elderflower and prosecco.
Hot summer pudding
A summer pudding with sloe gin, served hot from the oven.
Lemon Thyme Sorbet
A bright, sharp-sweet sorbet flavoured with lemon thyme
Ricotta cream, cherries (v)
Ricotta and mascarpone cream with cherry compote.
Cherry Polenta Cake
Polenta cake with a cherry and elderflower syrup
Cherry Polenta Cake
A new drizzle cake, with polenta and fresh cherries
Cherry and Blueberry Pie
A cherry and blueberry pie with a soft sweet pastry crust
Sesame wafers with strawberries
Wafer thin sesame biscuits with marinated strawberries.
Bircher muesli with strawberries (v)
Chilled bircher muesli with strawberries and balsamic.
Strawberry and Poppy Seed Trifle
Strawberry trifle, with popped sponge and mascarpone cream
Strawberry and Elderflower Sorbet
A refreshing scarlet fruit water ice for a summer's day.
Strawberries, Vanilla Cream and Passionfruit
Soft vanilla scented cream with marinated strawberries
Apricot Jelly
A bright summer jelly made with orange juice and fresh apricots.
Roast Apricot Ice
A refreshing water-ice made with roasted apricots
Apricot Tatin
A warm tart for a summer's day when the apricots are ripe.
Apricot Focaccia
A traditional focaccia with fresh apricots and goat's cheese
Apricot Pie
A warm apricot pie with soft, short, sweet lemon pastry.
Cardomom custards, apricot purée
Soft set custards scented with cardamom and an apricot purée.
Peach and Blackcurrant Dessert Cake
A cake with peaches and blackcurrants for dessert or tea time
Baked peaches, blackcurrant sauce.
Baked peaches, chilled ricotta, hot blackcurrant sauce, amaretti.
Peach and honey cake
An almond cake with peaches, honey and pine kernels.
White Peach and Elderflower Jelly
A delicate summer jelly made with elderflower cordial and white peaches.
White Peach and Elderflower Jelly
A softly set elderflower jelly with white peaches and dark cherries.
Rice with Apricot Compote
Sweet, chilled, creamy rice with a warm apricot and lemon compote
Blackcurrant Macaroon Tart
Crisp pastry holds a soft macaroon filling with blackcurrants or blueberries.
Blackcurrant Jelly, pistachio shortbread
Homemade blackcurrant jelly, soft pistachio shortbread
Blackcurrant baked Alaska
Home made sponge cake, ice cream, meringue and blackcurrant sauce.
Blackcurrant and Poppy Seed Buns
In the style of a Chelsea bun. but with poppy seeds and fresh blackcurrants.
Blackcurrant Ice Cream
An intensely flavoured ice cream for midsummer with crisp crumble.
Blackcurrant Buns
Crisp cream-cheese pastry, tart, intensely flavoured fruit filling.
Blueberry Summer Cake
A shallow, almond cake speckled with blueberries. Perfect for tea or as a dessert.
Watermelon Granita
A refreshing water ice of watermelon for high summer.
Watermelon Smoothie
A smoothie of watermelon and raspberries for a hot summer's day.
Gooseberry and elderflower drink
A non-alcoholic summer drink of gooseberries and elderflower cordial.
Gooseberry cheesecake slice (v)
Cheesecake slices with a layer of gooseberry purée running through them.
Gooseberry Trifle
Another gooseberry trifle, this time with a layer of poached dessert gooseberries.
Gooseberry Trifle
A gentle, summer trifle of gooseberries and cream.
Raspberry Lemon Jam (v)
Raspberry Jam with lemon, less sweet than the classic
Raspberry Pancakes (v)
Homemade pancakes with warm raspberry conserve and rose sugar.
Loganberry Cream with Flapjack
An easy loganberry cream with crumbled flapjack. You could use blackberries too.
Summer Fruit Tart
Crumbly biscuit crust, goat's curd filling, summer berries and cherries.
Cinnamon Toasts with Three Fruit Compote
Cinnamon French toast, warm cherry and berry compote.
Rhubarb Meringue Mess
Balancing the crisp sweetness of meringue and the sharpness of rhubarb.
Grapefruit Jelly, Clotted Cream Ice cream
Fresh grapefruit jelly with a clotted cream ice cream
Pistachio and Lemon Thyme Biscuits
Slim, crumbly pistachio cookies with lemon thyme and dried rose petals.
Almond Shortbreads
Sugary little cookies, soft at the centre and scented with rosewater and almonds.
Coconut Macaroons
Sweet coconut macaroons. Chewy, nutty cookies that are soft in the centre.