Gingered rich fruit cake

This traditional cake has been jazzed up with lots of ginger – you’d never know it’s gluten-free and dairy-free. Perfect for weddings and Christmas

Fruit & almond clafoutis

This gorgeous French pudding is full of melt-in-the-mouth goodness

Moroccan spiced mince with couscous

Adding dried fruit, fresh mint and warm spices to savoury dishes is typical of North African cooking. Quorn replaces meat in this recipe

Mango & passion fruit roulade

There’s no need to say ‘no’ to this fruity roulade, whisked sponges are famously low in fat –
especially if you use yogurt instead of cream

Jelly bites

 

Fattoush salad

Recipes from Than Htike Aung, Chef de Cuisine of La Mer, Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche.

Fiery cooler

Recipe from Eric Ballard, mixologist at GQ BAR

Shredded sesame chicken pancakes with spiced plum sauce

Cook your roast chicken with honey and five-spice glaze then serve with a Chinese-style fruit sauce and pancakes

Chilled rum & raisin rice pudding

Replace the boozy syrup with stewed fruit if you’re serving this retro, creamy dessert to kids

Hot cross bun ring with spiced honey butter

Make these cinnamon-spiced fruit buns into a pretty centrepiece for your Easter table, and serve with a sweet butter

Raspberry red velvet cake

Puréed fruit imparts much of the colouring in this rosy hued cake, that combines raspberries, cocoa and a good helping of cream cheese frosting

Strawberry-mallow cheesecake

Fruit eases the guilt factor of this pretty-in-pink, ricotta-based cake with a shortbread base and marshmallow topping