Recipe

Friday 5 June 2026

Nigel Slater Midweek

A seasonal dessert featuring tart gooseberries, fragrant elderflower and warming ginger, topped with a buttery breadcrumb crust - the good stuff!

Ingredients

gooseberries

450g

caster sugar

2 tbsp

ground ginger

2 tsp

elderflower cordial

2 tbsp

butter

25g

for the crisp

butter

75g

heaping tbsp golden syrup or agave syrup

2

soft, white bread

125g

light soft brown sugar

100g

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Serves

4

| Time

60 mins

gooseberries

450g

caster sugar

2 tbsp

ground ginger

2 tsp

elderflower cordial

2 tbsp

butter

25g

for the crisp

butter

75g

heaping tbsp golden syrup or agave syrup

2

soft, white bread

125g

light soft brown sugar

100g

Serves

4

| Time

60 mins

Method

Remove the nasty brown flowers and stems from the gooseberries. Put the berries in a bowl, sprinkle over the caster sugar, ground ginger and elderflower cordial. Dot small pieces of butter amongst the gooseberries.

Pour the warm syrup and butter mixture over the crumbs making certain to soak them all. Bake for 35 minutes till the fruit is soft and bubbling and the crumb crust is golden and crisp.

To make the crisp, melt the butter in a saucepan, then pour in the golden or agave syrup. Reduce the bread to coarse crumbs in a food processor then mix them with the soft brown sugar and scatter over the fruit.

Ingredients

gooseberries

450g

caster sugar

2 tbsp

ground ginger

2 tsp

elderflower cordial

2 tbsp

butter

25g

for the crisp

butter

75g

heaping tbsp golden syrup or agave syrup

2

soft, white bread

125g

light soft brown sugar

100g

Method

Remove the nasty brown flowers and stems from the gooseberries. Put the berries in a bowl, sprinkle over the caster sugar, ground ginger and elderflower cordial. Dot small pieces of butter amongst the gooseberries.

Pour the warm syrup and butter mixture over the crumbs making certain to soak them all. Bake for 35 minutes till the fruit is soft and bubbling and the crumb crust is golden and crisp.

To make the crisp, melt the butter in a saucepan, then pour in the golden or agave syrup. Reduce the bread to coarse crumbs in a food processor then mix them with the soft brown sugar and scatter over the fruit.

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