fruit

• 1 Blackberry jam
  Ingredients (Makes 6 jars) 1kg/2¼lb blackberries, fresh or frozen (defrosted if frozen) 1kg/2¼lb cooking apples, quartered, cored and peeled 300ml/½pt water 1.5kg/3lb...

• 2 steamed pudding, coconut, blackberry, blackberries, dessert, pudding, fruit
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 200g/7oz blackberries, fresh or frozen (defrosted if frozen) 50g/2oz caster sugar 1 tbsp cornflour 2 tbsp water For the sponge 100g/4oz butter, at room...

• 3 Alsace tart
  Ingredients (Serves 6) 400g/14oz shortcrust pastry 500g/1lb 2oz fresh apricots, washed, halved and the stones removed. Alternatively use apples, peeled, cored and sliced 50g/2oz plain flour...

• 4 Ingredient of the week: blood orange
  Smaller than your usual orange, the blood orange does not lack in taste what it lacks in size. Its deep crimson, almost sanguine colour is caused by the presence of anthocyanins – pigments frequently...

• 5 Gordon Ramsay's sherry-glazed figs with pine nut brittle
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 8 large figs 1-2 tbsp caster sugar 25g/1oz unsalted butter 125ml/4½fl oz Pedro Ximénez sherry Crème fraîche, to serve For...

• 6 Raspberry smash cheesecake
  Ingredients (Serves 8-12) For the base 180g digestive biscuits 70g butter, melted For the cream cheese filling 300g philadelphia 200g double cream 50g sugar 250g raspberries...

• 7 How to make Banoffee Caramelised Crisped Rice and Confit Grapefruit
  How to make Banoffee Caramelised Crisped Rice and Confit Grapefruit

• 8 Ingredient of the week: blackberries
  These beautiful black baubles are a forager's favourite - indeed, anyone with an afternoon going spare and a park nearby can head off with a tupperware box and collect a bounty. And then home for pie...

• 9 Strawberry and cucumber salad by Lucas Hollweg
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 1 large cucumber, cut lengthways into strips with a peeler, ideally avoiding the seeds 500g (1lb 2oz) strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced 4 big handfuls of watercress...

• 10 All in one fruit salad
  Ingredients (Serves 2) 1 Florida Grapefruit 1 orange 100ml/4fl oz Greek-style yoghurt 2 tbsp runny honey 40g/1½oz granola with dried fruit Mint sprigs, to decorate...

• 11 Florida smoothie
  Ingredients (Serves 2) 1 Florida Grapefruit 1 banana 100ml/4fl oz Greek-style yoghurt 1-2 tbsp runny honey Mint sprigs, to decorate Method Cut the grapefruit in half, then...

• 12 Mad for mangoes
  It's a fruity week this week as the mango gets its turn in the spotlight. A veritable gem of a fruit, the varieties are worth seeking out. You’ll easily find the standard green and red-tinged mangoes...

• 13 Panna cotta with strawberry compote
  Ingredients (makes 10) 3 gelatine leaves 1 vanilla pod 1ltr/1¾ pt double cream 135g/4¾oz caster sugar For the compote 250g/9oz strawberries, rinsed and hulled...

• 14 Chef Orlando's red snapper with rum fruit salsa
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 small red snapper fillets Juice of 2 lemons or limes 4 tbsp Orlando’s Island Seasoning or proprietary green seasoning ½ cup virgin coconut oil or...

• 15 Cinnamon bagels with fruit & oat compote
  Ingredients (Serves 2) 1 ripe pear, cored and diced 250g rhubarb, sliced 100g blackberries 25g caster sugar 2 tbsp oats 2 cinnamon and raisin bagels Method Place all...

• 16 Apple tarte tatin
  Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 150g/5oz plain flour 125g/4½ oz caster sugar 150g/5oz butter 2 egg yolks Juice of 1 lemon 4-6 eating apples, peeled, cored and halved ...

• 17 Cinnamon blueberry cake
  Ingredients (Serves 8) 175g/6oz unsalted butter, softened 175g/6oz caster sugar 4 large eggs, lightly beaten Pinch ground cinnamon 175g/6oz self-raising flour, sifted 2 tsp...

• 18 Raspberry and blueberry champagne jellies
  Ingredients (Serves 6) 5 leaves gelatine 100ml/4fl oz elderflower cordial 500ml/18fl oz champagne or sparkling wine 75g/3oz raspberries 75g/3oz blueberries Method Cut the gelatine...

• 19 Ingredient of the week: the humble plum
  Describing the flavour of a ripe plum is a very tricky thing as they vary so hugely depending on their variety, colour and origin. You’ll eat purple ones - the flesh the colour of a red grape - deep...

• 20 Luscious Lollies
  INGREDIENTS 200g/7oz Carnation Condensed Milk Light 275g/10oz fresh fruit such as strawberries, rinsed and hulled 100ml/4fl oz fruit juice – a red coloured juice...