Eco-friendly christmas

Bring the joy of a beach-shack supper to your back garden with fried nibbles, barbecued fish and a cocktail-inspired sweet treat

■ Makes 12-15 ■ Prep 40 mins plus cooling, chilling and 1 hr setting ■ Cook 15 mins unbaked dough only 175g softened butter, plusextra for the tin100g golden caster sugar250g plain flour, plus extrafo

An Aperol spritz sings of sun-dappled days and balmy evenings. Try these tipsy puds that capture the vivid flavour of the bittersweet cocktail

Baking, frying, drizzling – here’s which works best for which method

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

Taken from her new book Pull Up A Chair, these recipes from Martha Collison are perfect for summer entertaining.