These pears have been poached in sweet, white muscadel for a lovely golden colour, but you can also use a red muscadel for a pinker shade.
This is a classic Italian dessert that can be made using any kind of jam – I’ve used cherry jam for a sweetly tart taste. TO DRINK: Corretto…
Crostoli, or “sweet knots”, are called by different names depending on the region of Italy: frappe, chiacchere and cenci are just a few. Although they’re eaten all over…
This was inspired by the suspiros (meringues) and bag of beautiful almonds we brought back from the Algarve. This has dates and figs served in layers with whipped…