Gooseberries

If your gooseberry repertoire extends only as far as crumble, it's time to expand your horizons.

The Delia Online Cookery School features English Gooseberry Pie recipe that’s perfect for showcasing this tangy, summer fruit. Made with crisp, homemade shortcrust pastry, this traditional pie is a classic that’s both simple and satisfying. And if you're new to pastry-making or need a refresher, Delia's step-by-step shortcrust pastry video tutorial—available right on the recipe page—makes it easy to master the technique. Whether you're baking for a summer gathering or looking to try a new seasonal dessert, this gooseberry pie is a must-try addition to your repertoire.

One-crust Gooseberry Pie

This American idea for making a pie is blissfully easy – no baking tins and no lids to be cut, fitted and f...

This American idea for making a pie is blissfully easy – no baking tins and no lids to be cut, fitted and fluted. It looks very attractive because you can see the f...

35 minutes

English Gooseberry Cobbler

This is a classic English version of a fruit cobbler, but speeded up with the aid of a food processor – whi...

This is a classic English version of a fruit cobbler, but speeded up with the aid of a food processor – which makes it one of the fastest baked fruit desserts imaginab...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

English Gooseberry Creams

I hadn’t fully appreciated the Englishness of gooseberries until I met a very snooty publisher in New York,...

I hadn’t fully appreciated the Englishness of gooseberries until I met a very snooty publisher in New York, who did not want to publish my Summer Collection. ‘What’...

English Gooseberry Pie

Delia is overloaded with gooseberries at the moment so we have made this English Gooseberry Pie. The Del...

Delia is overloaded with gooseberries at the moment so we have made this English Gooseberry Pie. The Delia Online Cookery School: You can now watch how make Shortcr...

45 minutes - 50 minutes

Gooseberry and Elderflower Muffins

What’s good about changing seasons is looking forward to gooseberries, which only come once a year. They...

What’s good about changing seasons is looking forward to gooseberries, which only come once a year. They can of course be frozen but they’re never quite as good, so...

30 minutes

Gooseberry Creme Fraiche Tart

This has to be one of the easiest fruit tarts to make in the world. The filling is essentially gooseberr...

This has to be one of the easiest fruit tarts to make in the world. The filling is essentially gooseberries and custard set in a pastry crust. I have found that a t...

1 hour - 1 hour 5 minutes

Gooseberry Yoghurt Fool

I now find that lusciously thick genuine Greek yoghurt makes the best fruit fool of all, as it allows the f...

I now find that lusciously thick genuine Greek yoghurt makes the best fruit fool of all, as it allows the full flavour of the fruit to dominate. If you're ser...

20 minutes - 30 minutes

Gooseberry and Elderflower Ice Cream

This ice cream is unbelievably good. Perhaps one of the best treats of early summer would be to serve A ...

This ice cream is unbelievably good. Perhaps one of the best treats of early summer would be to serve A Very Easy One Crust Gooseberry Pie accompanied by home-made ...

Gooseberry and Elderflower Jellies

Jellies have played an increasing part in my repertoire in recent years, and this is largely because you ca...

Jellies have played an increasing part in my repertoire in recent years, and this is largely because you can make really excellent jellies using various fruits and win...

50 minutes - 1 hour 6 minutes

Gooseberry and Elderflower Preserve

Was it a happy accident or nature's clever plan, that while English gooseberries are ripe and ready for pic...

Was it a happy accident or nature's clever plan, that while English gooseberries are ripe and ready for picking, the elderflower trees are in full blossom, and that th...

Italian Rice Creams

For those who get nostalgic for the rice puddings of their childhood, this is the adult answer, a more soph...

For those who get nostalgic for the rice puddings of their childhood, this is the adult answer, a more sophisticated and modern interpretation. Later on in the summ...