Custard tarts and crumble bars: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for summer berries

A boozy, fragrant custard tart, perfectly picnic-able crumble sandwich bars filled with raspberry and halva, and a tangy blueberry shrub

Are berries the only thing to which the word “glut” attached is a delight Gluttony: not good. A glut of summer berries: one of life’s great joys. Whole punnets of strawberries, raspberries or blueberries that can legitimately, and understandably, be scooped up by hand in one sitting. If, however, you do have the ability to abstain, at least temporarily, there are all kinds of ways these summer treasures can be baked, mashed, drizzled and drunk. The only problem with using up the glut in this way, of course, is that you might need to exercise a degree of self-restraint when the end result is ready.

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