• White chocolate & ginger florentines

    White chocolate & ginger florentines

    Wish someone a happy Christmas with some lovingly presented homemade white chocolate & ginger florentines – they’re sweet, chewy and irresistible

  • Pistachio eclairs

    Pistachio eclairs

    Flex your baking skills with these heavenly pistachio eclairs, made with choux pastry and pistachio custard – they’re well worth the effort

    A challenge
  • Boondi laddu

    Boondi laddu

    Celebrate Diwali with boondi laddu, a traditional Indian sweetmeat, made with fried gram flour droplets soaked in cardamom and saffron syrup

    More effort
  • Kalakand

    Kalakand

    Make this aromatic Indian sweetmeat for a treat. It has a soft and grainy texture and is infused with cardamom and rosewater

    Easy
  • Pistachio bird’s nests

    Pistachio bird’s nests

    Make these pistachio ‘bird’s nests’, made with kataifi pastry (a very finely shredded filo pastry available online) and a lemon sugar syrup for a sweet treat

    More effort
  • Halwa

    Halwa

    Try whipping up some halwa, a traditional Indian dessert made from either semolina or carrots, plus nuts and cardamom. Ours is made with semolina

    Easy
  • Baked tomatoes with feta & dukkah

    Baked tomatoes with feta & dukkah

    Make your own dukkah spice mix to sprinkle over tomatoes and feta, or buy a ready-made version if you prefer. Serve with sesame flatbreads

    Easy
  • Spiced gram flour ladoo (besan ladoo)

    Spiced gram flour ladoo (besan ladoo)

    Try this classic Indian sweet at Diwali. Besan ladoo is made with nutty fried gram flour enriched with fragrant saffron, chopped cashews and homemade ghee

    Easy
  • Gulab jamun

    Gulab jamun

    Make one of India’s most cherished festival desserts, gulab jamun. These fried dumplings are scented with cardamom and steeped in rose and saffron syrup

    More effort