Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry tarts
These strawberry tarts will be met with oohs and aahs. They taste every bit as good as the ones gracing the windows of Parisian patisseries.
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Meringue recipes
Eton mess
What is Eton Mess? Well...this classic combo of meringue, strawberries and whipped cream is said to have originated at Eton College. Try Debbie Major's foolproof recipe...
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Rhubarb recipes
Rhubarb, lime and ginger custard tart
The magic combination of sweet custard and tart candy-pink rhubarb is a classic flavour match. The lime and ginger take it to new heights too
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Peach recipes
Peach cake with raspberry sauce and ice cream
This marvellously moist peach upside-down cake is served with cooling vanilla ice cream and an intense raspberry sauce – a wonderful dessert
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Meringue recipes
Chocolate swirl meringues, berries and white chocolate sauce
Try our decadent chocolate meringues for your summer picnic; they are easy to make ahead and assemble when you're ready for them.
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry éclairs
Filled with custard and topped with strawberry icing, this strawberry éclair recipe makes a wonderful addition to afternoon tea.
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Blackcurrant ripple ice cream sandwiches
This blackcurrant ice cream recipe is a great make-ahead dinner party dessert. Just mix the ingredients together and set in the freezer.
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Frozen dessert recipes
Mint chocolate ice cream parfait bombes
Create a showstopper dessert for your next dinner party with these ice cream bombes; crack open the chocolate shell to reveal mint chocolate ice cream.
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Frozen dessert recipes
Peach melba smoothie lollies
Create these gorgeous, healthy and easy-to make peach melba smoothie lollies. Enjoy on a hot summers day whilst kicking back in the garden.
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Cheesecake recipes
Gin and tonic cheesecake
A cheesecake recipe inspired by the nation's best-loved tipple, with a gin and tonic-flavoured jelly, creamy middle and Biscoff base.
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry and vanilla baked cheesecake
Strawberries are the hero in this beautiful baked strawberry cheesecake recipe – it'd be perfect for a summer dinner party dessert, or even afternoon tea
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Cheesecake recipes
Raspberry cheesecakes
Michel Roux's mini raspberry cheesecakes do not disappoint: crisp biscuit base, creamy mascarpone filling and a layer of raspberry jelly.
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Ice cream recipes
Traditional vanilla cherry ripple ice cream
Cherry ice cream, made with fresh cherry sauce rippled through vanilla ice cream creates a perfect dessert for those hot summer days.
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Watermelon, vodka and herb granita
This refreshing water melon granita is an easy and flexible recipe for using up overripe or past-its-best fruit.
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Frozen dessert recipes
Frozen lemon and blueberry mousse cake
This frozen lemon and blueberry mousse cake is a show-stopper: layers of lemon sponge with lemon curd mousse, blueberries and white chocolate.
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Ice cream recipes
Healthier chocolate ice cream
We've reduced the fat in our healthier chocolate ice cream recipe by using semi-skimmed milk and just enough cream to give it a wonderfully silky texture
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