500 Delicious Desserts

Desserts are the ultimate culinary luxury - delightful confections to pamper the tastebuds and allow free reign to the cook's imagination. Whether treating yourself to a rich chocolate mousse on an evening in alone, enjoying a citrus sorbet on a hot summer's day, keeping the family's winter colds at bay with a hot fruit pudding or impressing guests with a spectacular meringue creation - there is the right dessert for all occasions. This book opens with a short introduction covering the main ingredients, techniques and equipment needed to make the recipes, with advice on buying, storage and preparation. The recipes provide all the dessert dishes you could need, from a rich vanilla ice-cream or fruit summer pudding to lemon meringue or syrup sponge. From simple sweets to elaborate show-stoppers, there is a recipe in this book.