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Three more easy desserts for summer*

BALSAMIC STRAWBERRIES Half the berries and sauté in butter for a minute. Sprinkle on some sugar, cook for a further minute. Add a dash of white balsamic vinegar, spoon over vanilla ice cream and finish off with a sprig of elderflower.

CRANACHAN Toast jumbo oats with light brown sugar. Macerate raspberries in icing sugar, orange zest and whisky. Whip cream with vanilla and honey and layer it in a tumbler with the oats. Top with fresh raspberries, honey and more oats. The Scottish version of Eton Mess!

FRESH-FRUIT ICE LOLLIES

Hollow out fruits such as pineapples and melons, and use the pulp to make delicious ice treats. Fibrous fruits such as mangoes will melt incredibly slowly when frozen, making for nonmelting ice lollies!