Dessert Recipes

Krimo Guergoua, from the Savoy region of France, shows how to make a chocolate mousse.

Krimo Guergoua, from the Savoy region of France, shows how to make a gateau de Savoie.

Eirikur Ragnarsson and Johanna Eiriksdottir show how to make rabbabara grautur (rhubarb pudding).

Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try making.

Carlos Riegelhaupt and Lisa Nyman-Ambrose show how to make two Argentinian Christmas favourites: vitel tone (beef in tuna sauce) and borrachitos (sweet pastry puffs).

Mike Colombo shows to make tiramisu.

Spring is all about renewal and setting up the garden for the year to come. It is one of those funny times when we are between the main fruit seasons of autumn and summer and for those of us with a sweet tooth it can seem like slim pickings in the garden. That is when we need to get creative and make use of what is around us.

Flavia Rubini, from Brazil, shows how to make carrot cake Brazilian style, with a chocolate topping.

Keri Teavae, from the Cook Islands, shows how to make banana poke.

In this week's Cuisine, Novotel Queenstown Lakeside executive chef Mark Glover shares his recipe for an indulgent but simple chocolate mousse cake.