Stone fruit recipes

A sweet, sour and heady way to finish a meal

A recipe for plum, blackberry and bay friand bake from Yotam Ottolenghi's new cookbook, Ottolenghi Simple. Friands are the light, moist almond cakes popular in Australia, New Zealand and France.

A perfectly sweet treat to go with almond biscuits, from the August edition of House & Garden

Two moreish icecreams for a refined palette from Moroseta Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from a Modern Puglian Farmhouse by Georgia Eugenia Goggi, perfect for a summer dinner party

This fruity jam is wonderful served with scones and clotted cream, or layered into a Victoria sandwich

If you’ve been grilling something that needs to rest, you’ll be able to cook this while you are waiting

Caroline Barty’s cherry crumble recipe using shop-bought cupboard staples make a deliciously simple dessert.

Lucy Carr-Ellison and Jemima Jones – founders of catering company Tart London and the restaurant, retail and event space Wild by Tart – share dishes  for reaping the rewards of late-summer crops

Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co share a recipe for a summer dessert from their new cookbook

Taken from their new cookbook about cooking over fire, Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co bring a Levantine twist to BBQ sauce

You can make this with hazelnuts or new-season cobnuts

Refreshing notes of lime and chilli will make any late-summer salad taste good, but if you add a fragrant mix of herbs, it can taste sublime. I have used mint and chives, and Thai basil to add an exotic note, but you can vary this according to availability and try adding edible flowers.

This is very simple to make and is a delicate and clean way to use the precocious early apricots – one of the first fruits of summer.

This is my go-to for a picnic. The white peaches have the acidity to complement ripe, sweet tomatoes. It works just as well with flat ‘turban’ or ‘donut’ peaches, but they are a bit fiddly to peel and cut.

Diana Henry's recipe for peaches Sicilian-style with peach and wine granita. A gorgeously refreshing dessert - try to find white peaches.

From her cookbook 'Sea & Shore,' Emily Scott's tart is the perfect summer pudding

Chef Danielle Alvarez shares her recipe for her mum's flan, from her cookbook 'Always Add Lemon'

A boozy splash on creamy vanilla panna cotta

Brioche buns make a great on-the-go breakfast and this brioche recipe is topped with peaches for a juicy surprise.

Perfect over yoghurt for a fulfilling breakfast or use it for adorning desserts