Fast summer dessert recipes

Grilled nectarines with coconut tapioca or caramelised pineapple and yoghurt? If you're craving something sweet but you're short on time, here are 15 fast and fuss-free summer desserts.

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

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

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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