Nigel Slater’s late summer fruit recipes

Canteloupe gazpacho, nectarine tabbouleh and sausage wellington with plum sauce: celebrate the season’s bounty while you can

Late summer is the high point of the fruit season. The berries and currants are still with us, the melons are plentiful and cheap and the plums just coming into their own. I am celebrating this bounty, not just with cakes and salads, but with main dishes too. A fat, spiced sausage roll with plum sauce, a refreshing parsley and nectarine salad and a fabulous chilled soup with ripe, golden cantaloupe have all been on the table this week. I have even been making jam, stashing away some of the season’s fruitfulness for colder days.