Simple fruit: seasonal recipes for baking, poaching, sauteing, and roasting

Ingredients and equipment

Spring

Rhubarb

Vanilla roasted rhubarb

Rhubarb-ginger sorbet

Straight rhubarb pie

Rhubarb fool

Strawberries

Strawberry pavlova

Strawberry and lime mascarpone cake

Strawberry-coconut sorbet

Roasted strawberry ice cream

Summer

Cherries

Cherry hand pies

Smoky bing cherries in port with bittersweet chocolate

Sour cherry compote

White chocolate mousse with poached sweet cherries

Raspberries

Port sabayon with fresh raspberries

Raspberry and lemon balm shortcake

Raspberry custard tart

Deep dark chocolate cake with raspberry-orange compote

Blueberries

Classic lattice blueberry pie

Blueberry and lemon curd tart

Blueberry cinnamon crépes

Poached blueberries with vanilla bean and anise

Blackberries, marionberries, and tayberries

Marionberry crostata with whole grain crust

Bittersweet chocolate tart with blackberries and basil

Vanilla bean layer cake with glazed summer fruit (note about variety fruit)

Pain perdu with assorted berries and grand marnier

Apricots

Grilled apricots with maple-tamari glaze

Apricot and walnut streusel bars

Apricot clafoutis

Poached apricots in sauternes

Peaches and nectarines

Peaches and nectarines sautéed with thyme

Roasted peach bread pudding

Peach mousse

Peach-leaf ratafia sabayon with poached peaches

Autumn

Plums and pluots

Simple stewed plums and pluots

Fromage blanc cheesecake with brown butter braised plums

Plum-ginger phyllo purses with honey-cardamom syrup

Plum-lavender crisp

Apples and quince

Rosemary apples in crépes with rum caramel

Cider-braised apples with warm winter spices

Brandied apple pie

Caramel-apple upside down cake with spelt and rye flours

Pears

Burgundy-poached pears with mulled spice wine syrup

Maple and pear panna cotta

Pear and fig pie

Red wine-poached pear sorbet

Winter

Cranberries

Mom's cranberry and walnut pie

Cranberry-apple tarte tatin

Cranberry and bay upside down cake

Citrus

Blood orange and cardamom sandwich shortbread

Orange rosemary brittle

Almond cake with warm citrus and thyme

Lemon-buttermilk sherbet

Orange and rye madeleines

Dried fruits

Cheese souffl¿s with fig and quince

Grandma's dark holiday fruit cake

Apricot and almond scones.