Ever wondered how to make a dessert extra delicious? Look no further.

In this book, Alexina Anatole, MasterChef finalist and author of Bitter, guides you through unlocking the secrets of sweetness.

Journeying through 10 shades of sweetness – including brown sugar, strawberries, peaches, honey, vanilla and bananas – Alexina reveals the tempting results that can be achieved by balancing flavour, texture and temperature.

With twists on the classics and exciting new creations, these 80 recipes offer comfort while also delivering bold, exciting flavours. Whether you love desserts or believe that you’re ‘not a dessert person’, this inspiring cookbook is guaranteed to delight all.

Discover recipes for all occasions and palates, such as:
Banoffee Coffee Sundae Milky Bar Basque Cheesecake Mango, Coconut + Lime Celebration Cake Matcha Tiramisu Sticky Figgy Pudding Pear Sorbet with Frozen Roquefort The Neo Neapolitan Peach Melba Galette Terrazzo Cookies

‘DELECTABLE‘ Nigella Lawson
‘A GEM OF A COOKBOOK‘ Rukmini Iyer

A collection of flavourful, vibrant recipes to warm up your winter months.

Fearlessly bringing together the best flavours and culinary strategies from around the world, Alexina Anatole will help you use bitter flavours in your cooking to improve the taste of everything you make, whether it’s a savoury weeknight dinner or a sweet and decadent dessert – one flavour-balancing technique at a time.

These 80 recipes take classic favourites to a new level and include moreish solutions for every occasion such as:

• Coffee Pecan Banana Bread
• Raw Kale and Grapefruit Salad
• Roast Chicken with Beer Butter Onions
• Saffron Yogurt + Cranberry Persian(ish) Rice
• Ancho Coffee Beef Short Ribs
• Aubergine, Walnut + Pomegranate Melanzane parmigiana
• Rarebit Mac’n’ Cheese
• Negroni Pavlova
• Jamaican Guinness Punch

Using ten star ingredients with recipes that demonstrate how to cook with each type of bitterness – from grapefruit and bitter oranges, bitter greens, tahini, beer, walnuts, cranberries, tea, coffee, cocoa, and liquorice – each dish will expand your repertoire and open the door to new worlds of deliciousness.

‘LOVELY RECIPES‘ Georgina Hayden
‘STUNNING AND INVENTIVE‘ Ixta Belfrage
‘EXCITINGLY ORIGINAL‘ Daily Mail