Fruit recipes

This moist rich fruit cake is drizzled with whiskey as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Irish Whiskey Cake

Blending a selection of summer berries and yoghurt before, during and after freezing creates a deliciously fresh, smooth, soft ice cream.

Mixed berry ice cream

Orange and Lemon Tart

Salmon with Tropical Fruit Salsa

Hearty steaks of grilled salmon are given a tropical taste when served with an exciting salsa - a finely chopped sauce mixture of exotic mango and papaya, laced with lime, ginger and cooling mint.

Salmon with Tropical Fruit Salsa

Fruity Bread Pudding

A delicious family favourite pud from grandmother's day, with a lighter, healthier touch.

Fruity Bread Pudding

Fragrant Rice with Mango Puree

Nuts, dried fruit, cardamom and rosewater make this Indian-style rice pudding a real treat.

Fragrant Rice with Mango Puree

Mandarins in Syrup

Mandarins, tangerines, Clementines, mineolas; any of these lovely citrus fruits are suitable for this recipe.

Mandarins in Syrup

Raspberry Passion Fruit Swirls

If passion fruit is not available, this simple dessert can be made with raspberries alone.

Raspberry Passion Fruit Swirls

Coconut and Cherry Surprise

Flambeed Pineapple and Bananas

The sunny flavour of two of the best-loved tropical fruits is enhanced by the potent sweetness of hot rum for an easy, aromatic dessert, cooled with whipped cream or ice cream.

Flambeed Pineapple and Bananas

Iced Oranges

The ultimate fat-free treat -these delectable orange sorbets served in fruit shells were originally sold in the beach cafes in the south of France.

Iced Oranges

Poached Fruit with Chocolate Sauce

Peaches and figs, poached in brandy and apple juice, are partnered by a lavish white chocolate sauce, enriched with creme fraiche to give it smoothness and orange zest for a tangy citrus flavour.

Poached Fruit with Chocolate Sauce

Beef in Fruit Sauce

Fresh ginger and citrus fruit give this Chinese stew its distinctive flavour.

Beef in Fruit Sauce

Scallops with Thai Flavourings

Fragrant flavours of Thailand - lemongrass and kafjir lime leaves - are combined with the tropical taste of coconut milk in a stir-fry to give fresh scallops an intriguing, exotic flavour.

Scallops with Thai Flavourings

Sultana and Couscous Pudding

Fresh Citrus Jello

Fresh fruit jello's really are worth the effort - they make a stunning fat-free dessert and are also rich in vitamins.

Fresh Citrus Jello

Red Fruit Philo Baskets

This elegant dessert looks very festive. It is also low in fat and needs only a fine brushing of oil before use

Red Fruit Philo Baskets

Curried tuna and fruit

Exploit the versatility of tinned tuna by combining it with Indian spices and a mixture of juicy fruits to create this refreshing summer dish.

Curried tuna and fruit

Three Fruit Compotes

Game Terrine

Any game can be used to make this country terrine hare, rabbit, pheasant or pigeon -so choose the best meat your butcher has to offer.

Game Terrine

Plum and Port Sorbet

Rather a grown-up sorbet, this one, but you could use fresh, still red grape juice in place of the port if you prefer.

Plum and Port Sorbet

Passion fruit citrus sodas

The exotic flavours in a jug of passion fruit citrus soda make a blend just sharp enough to quench the fiercest thirst.

Passion fruit citrus sodas

Sea Bass with Citrus Fruit

The delicate flavour of the fish is complemented perfectly by the citrus fruits and olive oil.

Sea Bass with Citrus Fruit

Fruit and Ginger Ale

An old English mulled drink, served chilled over ice. It can be made with ready-squeezed apple and orange juices, but roasting the fruit with cloves gives a far superior flavour.

Fruit and Ginger Ale

Apple Foam with Blackberries

Eggless Christmas Cake

Ginger Trifle

This is a good way to use up leftover cake, whether plain, chocolate or gingerbread.

Ginger Trifle

Golden Ginger Compote

Warm, spicy and full of sun-ripened ingredients- this is the perfect Christmas dessert.

Golden Ginger Compote

Papaya Skewers with Passion Fruit

Orange and pineapple crush

Mango Brulee

Voluptuous mangoes soaked in rum and cinammon snuggle beneath a golden, grilled sugar topping.

Mango Brulee

Raspberry Passion Fruit Chinchillas

Few desserts are so strikingly easy to make as this one: beaten egg whites and sugar baked in a dish, turned out and served with a handful of soft fruit and ready-made custard from a carton.

Raspberry Passion Fruit Chinchillas

Rose scented Fruit Compote

Rose-scented tea gives this dessert a lovely subtle flavour.

Rose scented Fruit Compote

Carrot Cake

It is an old 18th century idea to use a cheap readily-available vegetable, instead of expensive dried fruit.

Carrot Cake

Roast Leg of Venison

The marinade for this recipe forms the base for a deliciously tangy, slightly sweet sauce which complements perfectly the richness of roasted venison.

Roast Leg of Venison

Whole Wheat Muffins

These soft, light little cakes of bread were once so popular that muffin men sold them warm in city streets. Now they are an all-too-rare treat, still most enjoyable warm from the oven, either just as they are or torn open and spread with a sweet or savoury filling.

Whole Wheat Muffins

Spiced cranberry shrub

Shrub is a name borrowed from the Arabs fruit sherbet drinks. This one is irresistible — deep, glowing pink, ice-cold and refreshingly tart.

Spiced cranberry shrub

Mulled Claret

This mull is a blend of claret, cider and orange juice. It can be varied to suit the occasion by increasing or decreasing the proportion of fruit juice.

Mulled Claret

Fluffy Banana and Pineapple Mousse

This light, low fat mousse looks very impressive but is really very easy to make, especially with a food processor.

Fluffy Banana and Pineapple Mousse

Ham Supper

Spicy maple tea bread

High in fibre and in flavour, this spiced tea-bread offers the concentrated taste of dried fruits and the perfumed sweetness of maple syrup.

Spicy maple tea bread

Melon Surprise

If your children spend a fortune on bought popsicles, try giving them half a glassful of water ice, with a spoon to eat it, when they complain of being hot.

Melon Surprise

Low Fat Creme brulee

Raspberries and banana nestle under the creme brulee, 'burnt cream', in this reduced-fat adaptation of a rich pudding.

Low Fat Creme brulee

Emerald Fruit Salad

Fruit salad

A medley of colourful fresh fruits, full of natural sweetness and refreshed with real orange juice, makes an enjoyably light end to a meal.

Fruit salad

Quick Apricot Whip

Stuffed Peaches with Mascarpone Cream

Mascarpone is a thick, velvety Italian cream cheese, made from cow's milk. Although it can be used as a thickening agent in savoury recipes, it is often used in desserts or eaten with a variety of fresh fruit.

Stuffed Peaches with Mascarpone Cream

Mushroom and Okra Curry

This simple but delicious curry with its fresh gingery mango relish is best served with plain basmati rice.

Mushroom and Okra Curry

Peach and almond strudel

Ruby Fruit Salad

After a rich main course, this port-flavoured fruit salad is light and refreshing. You can use any fruit that is available.

Ruby Fruit Salad

Strawberry and Apple Crumble

A high-fibre, healthier version of the classic apple crumble. Raspberries can be used instead of strawberries, either fresh or frozen.

Strawberry and Apple Crumble

Fruit Fondant Chocolates

These chocolates are simple to make using pre-formed plastic moulds, yet they look very professional. Fruit fondant is available from specialist foods shops and comes in a variety of flavours, including coffee and nut.

Fruit Fondant Chocolates

Glace Fruits

These luxury sweetmeats are very popular at Christmas and they cost a fraction of the shop price if made at home. The preparation is done over about 4 weeks, but the result is well worth the effort. Choose one type of fruit, or select a variety of fruits such as cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, starfruit, pineapple, apples, oranges, lemons, limes and Clementines.

Glace Fruits

Marinated Lamb Cutlets with Salsa Verde

Mini Pavlovas

Apricot Mousse

Apples and egg whites, both inexpensive are used in this recipe to stretch a more expensive dried fruit.

Apricot Mousse

Tuiles

Home-made wafers with summer ice-cream or fruit purees are more delicious than shop-bought ones and save a lot of money. These curved wafers were called 'tiles' because they resembled the curved, terracotta roof tiles of the French villages where they were invented. The wafer is limp when hot and can be shaped; when cooled and stiff it will hold the shape.

Tuiles

Crunchy Fruit Layer

Fruit Fondue with Hazelnut Dip

Red Berry Sponge Tart

When soft berry fruits are in season, try making this delicious sponge tart.

Red Berry Sponge Tart

Souffleed Orange Semolina

Semolina has a poor reputation as a rather dull, sloppy pudding, but cooked like this you would hardly recognise it.

Souffleed Orange Semolina

Individual Dundee cakes

Dundee cakes are traditionally topped with almonds but also look tempting covered with glace fruits.

Individual Dundee cakes

Festive Liqueurs

These are easier to make than wines and may be made with a variety of flavours and spirits. All these liqueurs should be allowed to mature for 3 months before drinking.

Festive Liqueurs

Summer Fruit Salad Ice Cream

This beautiful ice cream contains delicious mixed summer fruits.

Summer Fruit Salad Ice Cream

Danish Peasant Girl with a Veil

Danish apple 'peasant girl with a veil'.

Danish Peasant Girl with a Veil

Glazed Apricot Sponge

Proper puddings are usually very-high in saturated fat, but this one uses the minimum of oil and no eggs.

Glazed Apricot Sponge

Stollen

This authentic German Christmas bread will keep in an airtight container for up to a week; it also freezes well. The quantities are sufficient to make two stollen - one to keep and one to give away.

Stollen

Apricot and Orange Roulade

This elegant dessert is very good served with a spoonful of natural yogurt or creme fraiche.

Apricot and Orange Roulade

Fruited Rice Ring

This unusual rice pudding looks beautiful turned out of a ring mould but if you prefer, stir the fruit into the rice and serve in individual dishes.

Fruited Rice Ring

Rhubarb and date crumble

Under the oat topping, orange rind highlights the rhubarb's sharp taste, while dates add sweetness and absorb some of the plentiful juice.

Rhubarb and date crumble

Sables with Goat's cheese and Strawberries

Sables are little French biscuits. They contrast well with the cheese and fruit in this recipe and taste great served with a glass of chilled white wine.

Sables with Goat's cheese and Strawberries

Swedish Sultana Bread

A lightly sweetened fruit bread that is delicious served warm. It is also excellent toasted and topped with low fat spread.

Swedish Sultana Bread

Baked Almond Pears

This luscious pear dessert is baked in a glorious fruit syrup and topped with almond flavoured biscuits or crisp, browned, roasted almonds, to add a crunchy texture.

Baked Almond Pears

Fruit and Fibre Salad

Fresh, fast and filling, this salad makes a great supper or snack.

Fruit and Fibre Salad

Swedish Gooseberry Pie

The butter-crumble base beneath the fruit soaks up the gooseberry juice in this hot Swedish gooseberry pie.

Swedish Gooseberry Pie

Cinnamon Apple Gateau

Make this lovely cake for an autumn celebration.

Cinnamon Apple Gateau

Banana milk shake

Grilled, Honeyed Fruit Kebabs

Tropical and home-grown fruits marinated in scented honey and nut oil make an unusual dessert served as kebabs, sprinkled with toasted filberts, and accompanied by sweetened cream.

Grilled, Honeyed Fruit Kebabs

Mango and Amaretti Strudel

Fresh mango and crushed amaretti wrapped in wafer-thin filo pastry make a seasonal treat that is equally delicious made with apricots or plums.

Mango and Amaretti Strudel

Yogurt Sundaes with Passion Fruit

Here is a sundae you can enjoy every day! The frozen yogurt has less fat and fewer calories than traditional ice cream, and the fruits provide vitamins A and C.

Yogurt Sundaes with Passion Fruit

Beef Cha Plu Parcels

Gooseberry Cheese Cooler

Orange and strawberry flan

A smooth but lively orange-curd filling is sandwiched between a light and golden sponge base and a fragrant pairing of strawberry halves and orange slices, achieving a perfect balance between the sweet and the tart in this fresh-fruit flan.

Orange and strawberry flan

Buck's Fizz (Mimosa)

Buck's Fizz, with its refreshing combination of fruit juice and white wine, makes the perfect cocktail drink for Christmas morning.

Buck's Fizz (Mimosa)

Stir Fried Noodles with Corn and Peanuts

Cool Green Fruit Salad

A sophisticated, simple fruit salad for any time of year.

Cool Green Fruit Salad

Cilantro Fruit Crumble

Gooseberry and Geranium Ice cream

Fruit juice or puree mixed with thick cream makes the perfect ice-cream.

Prune and Apple Meringue

Meringue is a wonderfully quick and economical way of producing a glamorous-looking dessert. If your numbers increase unexpectedly, it is also an excellent way of eking out a small quantity of fruit.

Winter Fruit Compote

Brandy Snaps

Inexpensive but elegant, brandy snaps can be filled with cream, plus a single crystallized fruit if you wish, for a party dessert.

Raisin Loaf

Brown Rice Savoury

Nutty and slightly chewy, brown rice makes a filling supper dish when combined with fish, fruit and nuts.

Brown Rice Salad with Fruit

An Oriental-style dressing gives this colourful rice salad extra piquancy.

Green Grape and Apple Pie

This delicious and unusual apple dessert is flavoured with cinnamon and nutmeg. Serve it with a bowl of plain whipped cream or with vanilla ice-cream.

Tropical Fruit Salad