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A coupe is a great summery dish to serve at a lunch party in the garden. You can create your own bespoke version by adding nuts, varying the ice-cream, serving mascarpone instead of cream, etc. I've given a recipe here for tuile biscuits, but you could also use a suitable off-the-shelf ice-cream biscuit.
These are perfect to serve with ice-cream and sorbets. Start by making a circular template from an old plastic container(an ice-cream box lid, for instance). It needs to be roughly the size of a cereal bowl – it's handy if you leave a thumb-sized piece at the end to hold on to.Cut out a hole in the centre to about 1cm from the edge, and you have a template over which to spread the mix. Keep it in a safe place with your pastry cutters for next time.
This is a bit of a version of a feuillette, but using thin meringue instead of puff pastry. I've used hazelnuts but you could use any nuts, or even a mixture; the same goes for the fruits.
The custard mix will make more than four spring rolls, so I suggest you freeze the extras for another time. If you can get hold of the red dessert gooseberries, it will give a good splash of colour.
You can use either fresh or frozen fruit to create this fresh version of redcurrant sauce to go with your Sunday roast.
Pamela Druckerman lives several floors up on a lively boulevard in central Paris. At the door to the apartment she shares with her husband Simon and their three young children, the American author of French Children Don't Throw Food flits between one conversation, in French, with an electrician, and another with me, in English, apologising for the "chaos": "We had a sleepover last night, one of the kids was awake at 5am. I'm not in the habit of doing that for other people's children – what do I say to his mum?"
We can really brighten up our desserts now the British berry season has begun. Planning pudding for a dinner all of a sudden becomes less of a chore – we can add some natural colour to the bowls. And berries or soft fruits also liven up mains, of course.
Walk a mile in someone shoes, the adage goes, before you pronounce judgment upon them. Well, I have tried walking in Chloe Green's shoes but I barely made it to the end of the road.
Pyjamas are fashionable just now. And – crazily enough – they're designed to be worn outside. Thank you JW Anderson, Pucci and Stella McCartney for that. I think I'll stick to wearing pyjamas indoors, though, apart from the odd occasion when I throw on an overcoat and go out to buy Sunday papers.