Nigel Slater’s summer fruit recipes

Gooseberry cheesecake, ricotta cream and cherry compote, peach and honey cake – Nigel Slater’s sun-filled fruit and dairy puddings

There comes a point in deepest summer when every meal seems to end with the marriage of fruit and some sort of dairy produce. Ripe cherries with ricotta, gooseberries with cream cheese, or perhaps a peach cake with a dish of lightly whipped cream. I also like to start the day with yogurt, muesli and strawberries that have been marinated with orange and a drop of sweet-sour balsamic vinegar. This year has been particularly fine for soft fruit, so here are some of my favourites from this long summer.