106 fruit dessert recipes

Preserve summer apricots in anisette liqueur with fennel for sweet-spiced fruit that brightens winter desserts and cheese plates all year long.

Lasagne frutta layers lasagna noodles with a sweet mascarpone-cottage cheese filling, tart apples, raisins, and pistachios. An Italian dessert lasagna with lemony cream and fruit.

Fanned orange slices on a pool of silky cranberry coulis spiked with Grand Marnier or Cointreau. A stunning, light fruit dessert that's as gorgeous as it is refreshing.

Minted pears with honey walnuts poaches whole baby pears in honey-sweetened mint tea, then crowns them with caramelized walnuts. Elegant fruit dessert that works hot or chilled.

Cabernet Sauvignon sorbet made with fresh red grape juice and lemon, served over sliced kiwi. A sophisticated frozen dessert with real wine and fruit flavor.

Poached pears in mint sugar syrup served chilled with chocolate morsels. An elegant, light dessert with fresh mint-infused fruit and a simple chocolate garnish.

Oven-baked fruit compote of dried apricots, apples, peaches, and raisins slow-cooked with honey, fresh lemon, and orange slices. Serve warm or chilled as a naturally sweet dessert.

Currant syrup made from mashed currants, raspberries, and sour cherries strained and dissolved with sugar into a concentrated fruit syrup. A three-berry preserve for drinks and desserts.

Cranberry upside-down cake with fresh cranberries in a brown sugar butter base, topped with a light egg white-folded butter cake. A stunning holiday dessert flipped to reveal jewel-red fruit.

Mud Crab seasoned Alpine Pepper and served with smoked sweet potato gnocchi