Fast summer dessert recipes | Gourmet Traveller

Fresh fruit, a touch of sweetness balanced by a little bit of tart and copious amounts of cream or ice-cream. These are the essential ingredients you can turn to time and time again if you want to whip up a super quick and easy dessert in summer. Here’s a compilation of our favourite summer dessert hits.

Berries with honey caramel and pistachios

Berries with honey caramel and pistachios

Grilled nectarines with coconut tapioca

Grilled nectarines with coconut tapioca

Caramelised pineapple with vanilla yoghurt

Caramelised pineapple with vanilla yoghurt

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blueberry recipes of little blueberry pies topped with icecream

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one of our best avocado recipes: tuna and avocado rice bowl

52 of our best avocado recipes that go beyond avo toast

christmas recipes of a ham covered in oranges and a purple and green leaf salad side dish

Our favourite Christmas recipes for mains, sides, drinks and desserts

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Best Christmas desserts: a semifreddo bomb alaska with layers of raspberry pink ice-cream and torched merringue

Christmas desserts to end your festive feasting on a high

Coconut and cherry frangipane tart recipe

Very cherry recipes

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12 Christmas pudding recipes we dream about all year

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Zucchini flowers with ricotta, parmesan, mint and anchovy sauce

Groundbreaking zucchini flower recipes for spring

pavlova recipes with cherry and chocolate on top

The best pavlova recipes for Christmas dessert

Gypsy toast with syrupy apricots and ice-cream

Gypsy toast with syrupy apricots and ice-cream

Dutch waffle ice-cream sandwiches with crushed raspberries

Dutch waffle ice-cream sandwiches with crushed raspberries

Grilled sugar bananas with coconut caramel sauce

Grilled sugar bananas with coconut caramel sauce

Peach fool

Peach fool

Strawberries in Champagne with crème chantilly

Strawberries in Champagne with crème chantilly

Tropical fruits with ice and salty-sweet coconut milk

Tropical fruits with ice and salty-sweet coconut milk

Ice-cream sandwiches with moscato-poached strawberries

Ice-cream sandwiches with moscato-poached strawberries

Peaches and raspberries with prosecco zabaglione

Peaches and raspberries with prosecco zabaglione

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24 blueberry recipes to try this summer

22 Christmas cookie recipes you won’t want to share

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52 of our best avocado recipes that go beyond avo toast

Our favourite Christmas recipes for mains, sides, drinks and desserts

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Christmas desserts to end your festive feasting on a high

Very cherry recipes

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12 Christmas pudding recipes we dream about all year

20 Christmas ham recipes for a festive feast

Groundbreaking zucchini flower recipes for spring

The best pavlova recipes for Christmas dessert

Strawberries and cream

Strawberries and cream

Thick ricotta pancake with roast rhubarb

Thick ricotta pancake with roast rhubarb

Blueberry-hazelnut clafoutis

Blueberry-hazelnut clafoutis

Blueberry cobbler with ice-cream

Blueberry cobbler with ice-cream

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