REDCURRANT jelly is a very delicious and versatile product to have in your larder.

Serves 10 approx

I hated seed cake as a child and now it is one of my great favourites. It may just be a flavour that grows on one as one gets older. I bought a delicious cake from Marguerite Garton of Ballydehob.

Makes 25-30 pieces.

DON’T forget to put the Midleton Food and Drink Fair, which takes place on September 2 and 3, in Midleton, Cork, into your diary.

Recipe for Mary O’Keefe’s Featherlight Sponge

THESE fritters are fairly easy to make and the resulting texture is incredibly light and delicate — which comes from the use of tofu. They contain no egg, which is unusual for a fritter but good for your cholesterol.

THIS soup is wonderful served both hot and cold. In winter, use canned tomatoes; in summer, fresh ones.

“When I made these for my book photographer, Jean Cazals said they melt in your mouth — which is the point of them.”

The mango curd is very subtle, and I tend to make it from a frozen puree — although fresh mango puree will work just as well.