Dinner party dessert recipes
Impress, astound and delight with our dinner party dessert recipes. Think rich pannacottas, seriously indulgent tarts, thickly-layered cheesecakes and more.
With desserts this good, there’ll be a queue at your house…
Have you decided on the main course yet? Browse our easy dinner party recipes for ideas.
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Patisserie recipes
Ravneet Gill’s mango and passion fruit choux buns
Ravneet Gill’s choux buns filled with a decadent mango, passionfruit and white chocolate ganache make a fabulous dessert to serve...
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Pavlova recipes
Caramelised walnut and coffee pavlova
Chetna Makan’s easy pavlova is topped with cream and beautifully caramelized walnuts, then drizzled with dark chocolate ganache – the...
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Cheesecake recipes
Japanese soufflé cheesecake
Chef Jeremy Pang shares his recipe for a perfectly light and bouncy Japanese soufflé cheesecake. The sound and wobble of...
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Chestnut recipes
Chestnut parfait with chocolate bourbon caramel
Creamy chestnut purée is perfect for making into all sorts of wonderful desserts, including this decadent parfait, which comes topped...
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Brilliant blackberry recipes
Blackberry millefeuille
Millefeuille (which translates to ‘a thousand leaves’ thanks to all the layers of puff pastry) are all the rage right...
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Honey recipes
Ravneet Gill’s honey and toasted rye parfait
Not all frozen creams need to be churned – as the quintessentially French parfait proves. Cookbook author and chef Ravneet...
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Pear recipes
Rosé poached pears
Cooking with rosé should be a more common practice! The wine is the perfect match for in-season pears in this...
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Patisserie recipes
Manon Lagrève’s mini canelés
If you’re going to make canelés, those chewy custardy treats found in French coffee shops, you may as well learn...
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Autumn dessert recipes
Manon Lagrève’s almond, pear and tonka bean tart
If you’re looking for a dinner party dessert in the autumn months this winner from queen of French bakes, Manon...
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chocolate meringue cake
If you love your desserts chocolatey, this recipe from Tarunima Sinha will definitely please… Her flour-free cake recipe uses ground...
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Custard recipes
Blackcurrant and bay clafoutis
This light and fluffy clafoutis has a creamy custardy texture that’s perfect against the juicy, tart fruit. We’ve used blackcurrants...
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Custard recipes
Chai crème brûlée
Who doesn’t like a crème brûlée?! Combine the classic crunchy-topped custard with the comforting spiced flavours of chai and you’re...
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Thanksgiving recipes
Alison Roman’s caramelised maple tart
“If you’ve ever wanted a pumpkin pie without pumpkin, may I suggest this one,” says Alison Roman. “Thanks to a...
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Fig recipes
Honeyed figs with crème fraîche and sesame brittle
Sticky sweet figs in herbal honey meet soothing crème fraiche in this effortless dessert perfect for late summer and early...
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Fig recipes
Fig leaf ice cream
Fig leaves are a wonderful ingredient, and they impart such a heady, aromatic figginess to this delicious ice cream. It...
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British puddings
Elderflower jellies with boozy cream
An effortless little pud (for grown-ups) packed with the heady aromas of elderflower. The first few flowers come into season...
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