Warming winter fruit recipes

Wondering what to do with all those apples and pears? Want to make the most of rhubarb's moment? These desserts - featuring poached, stewed and roasted winter fruit - will have you embracing the colder months.

Wondering what to do with all those apples and pears? Want to make the most of rhubarb’s moment? These desserts – featuring poached, stewed and roasted winter fruit – will have you embracing the colder months.

Baked rhubarb with orange and star anise

Pear, pecan and caramel puddings

Orange muscat roast quince with macadamia ice-cream

Rice pudding with vanilla and caramelised mandarin compote

Honey-baked pear breakfast crumble

Baked apples with burnt cream

Breakfast risotto with poached rhubarb

Ginger chocolate tart with roast pears

Slow-poached quince

Doughnuts with apple compote and custard

Hazelnut cakes with roast rhubarb

Bay-roasted pears with grappa and almond crema

Cloudy quince jam with Manchego seed crackers

Baked chocolate cream with ginger-poached pears

Buttermilk waffles with rhubarb and rose compote

Pear and hazelnut clafoutis

Chocolate, prune and walnut cake with chocolate and sherry ganache

Cranachan with roast rhubarb

Persimmon, pistachio and ginger crumble tarts

Semolina pudding with caramel pears

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