Desserts

Just when you thought you couldn't eat another thing - dessert arrives, and who can resist?

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Summer desserts include ice creams, sundaes and jellies and for winter we have souffles, crumbles and pies. How about rib-sticking Spotted Dick or Bread and Butter Pudding? There are plenty of cheesecakes to choose from, Profiteroles for Easter, an Iced Pudding for Christmas, and if you are watching the pounds you don't need to be left out as Delia's recipes for Rhubarb Fool and Cappucino Cheesecakes are both low fat

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Strawberry and Vanilla Pavlova

This is a delicious pudding which is very difficult to make if you don't have the right recipe but dead eas...

This is a delicious pudding which is very difficult to make if you don't have the right recipe but dead easy if you do! Served with sharp fruits to counterac...

1 hour

to cook

Summer Fruit Brulee

Here is how to make a brûlée and, more importantly, how to get as much of that lovely thin caramelised crus...

Here is how to make a brûlée and, more importantly, how to get as much of that lovely thin caramelised crust as possible. This has always been a bit tricky because ...

Summer Fruit Compote with Lemon Grass

This is unusual and subtle – the scent of the lemon grass is barely there, but it does add a very interesti...

This is unusual and subtle – the scent of the lemon grass is barely there, but it does add a very interesting dimension. Any combination of fruit can be used for th...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

to cook

Summer Fruit Millefeuille

You can use shop-bought puff pastry for this - it won't have such a good flavour as the quick flaky pastry ...

You can use shop-bought puff pastry for this - it won't have such a good flavour as the quick flaky pastry below, which is made with butter - but the caramelising will...

Summer Pudding

If you’re only going to make one pudding this summer, it’s got to be a classic English summer pudding, when...

If you’re only going to make one pudding this summer, it’s got to be a classic English summer pudding, when the soft fruits are in plentiful supply. Served with thi...

Tiramisu

There isn't a classic recipe for tiramisu as such, as there are many varying versions both in Italy and aro...

There isn't a classic recipe for tiramisu as such, as there are many varying versions both in Italy and around the world, but the following one is, I think, the nicest...

Toffee-fudge Bananas with Toasted Nuts

The world record for making this recipe is not five minutes, but just three – it's quite simply the fastest...

The world record for making this recipe is not five minutes, but just three – it's quite simply the fastest dessert recipe I've ever come across. It's also amazingl...

Torta di Mele

This is my version of a famous apple dessert, which is sometimes spongy like a cake, and sometimes crisper,...

This is my version of a famous apple dessert, which is sometimes spongy like a cake, and sometimes crisper, more like pastry – mine is the latter. The Delia Online ...

45 minutes - 50 minutes

to cook

Traditional English Trifle

This one's the real deal. Though we love making trifles all the year round, we only ever make thi...

This one's the real deal. Though we love making trifles all the year round, we only ever make this one at Christmas - which keeps it in the very special...

Vegetarian

Traditional Lemon Meringue Pie

Everyone in my cookery team agreed that this famous English classic needed a revival. It is suprem...

Everyone in my cookery team agreed that this famous English classic needed a revival. It is supremely light, squashy and fragrant with lemons. How did we ever...

Tropical Fruit Jellies

This is a cheat's recipe. The tropical fruit juice comes freshly squeezed – in a bottle from the superma...

This is a cheat's recipe. The tropical fruit juice comes freshly squeezed – in a bottle from the supermarket. And, what's more, this really beautiful dessert contai...

Tropical Fruit Salad in Planter's Punch

Planter's punch, a popular drink throughout the Caribbean, is a delicious combination of rum, orange, lime ...

Planter's punch, a popular drink throughout the Caribbean, is a delicious combination of rum, orange, lime and pineapple juice, with just a trace of cinnamon and nutme...

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Espresso

This is my long-standing, classic vanilla ice cream recipe, which I think is much improved of late, having ...

This is my long-standing, classic vanilla ice cream recipe, which I think is much improved of late, having incorporated a whole vanilla pod, with its speckly seeds, an...

Vanilla Ice Cream with Raisins

Pedro Ximenez sherry is sweet, nutty and tastes of raisins. An easy instant dessert with a wonderful com...

Pedro Ximenez sherry is sweet, nutty and tastes of raisins. An easy instant dessert with a wonderful combination of flavours. If you have some good-quality vanilla ...

Warm Chocolate Rum Souffles

These are very light and chocolatey, and made even more wonderful by the addition of chocolate sauce and cr...

These are very light and chocolatey, and made even more wonderful by the addition of chocolate sauce and cream. They’re also reasonably well-behaved and though they...

10 minutes

to cook

Zabaglione

I have to admit that the classic way of making this is in a bowl fitted over barely simmering water – which...

I have to admit that the classic way of making this is in a bowl fitted over barely simmering water – which does take 20 minutes' whisking. So for busy people like ...

Zabaglione Ice Cream with Biscotti

Once you’ve mastered the art of making Zabaglione, you’ve got the perfect base for a brilliant ice cream, a...

Once you’ve mastered the art of making Zabaglione, you’ve got the perfect base for a brilliant ice cream, and if you fold in some crushed biscotti (hard-baked, brittle...

Desserts

Strawberry and Vanilla Pavlova

Summer Fruit Brulee

Summer Fruit Compote with Lemon Grass

Summer Fruit Millefeuille

Summer Pudding

Tiramisu

Toffee-fudge Bananas with Toasted Nuts

Torta di Mele

Traditional English Trifle

Traditional Lemon Meringue Pie

Tropical Fruit Jellies

Tropical Fruit Salad in Planter's Punch

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Espresso

Vanilla Ice Cream with Raisins

Warm Chocolate Rum Souffles

Zabaglione

Zabaglione Ice Cream with Biscotti

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