Discover it now: currants

THIS MONTH Growing raspberries

Serves 4 Prep time 10 min Cook time 20 min • 10 small figs • Squeeze lemon juice • 1 tsp caster sugar • 4 tbsp mascarpone to serve For the crumble top • 4 fig rolls • 50g plain flour • 20g soft brown

SERVES 4 PREP 10 mins plus 1 hr macerating NO COOK EASY V 400g mixed summer fruits (such asraspberries, blueberries, halvedstrawberries and redcurrants), anystems removed2 tbsp icing sugar½ lemon, zes

I feel like I’m in a novel. It’s high summer and I am strolling through the kitchen garden (a grand renaming of my tiny raised beds that suits my mood) in a frock (impractical, but ditto mood), collec

If you like, make a larger version of these mini trifles and pack into a container to take on picnics. To make it nut-free, ensure the madeira cake doesn’t contain ground almonds, and swap pistachios

Pretty glasses of strawberry daiquiri jelly with creamy set custard. Yum! Ingredients (Serves 4) 3 tsp powdered gelatine2 tbs white rumApprox 320 ml ready-made custard Strawberry layer: 100 ml just-bo