Wanted: puddings I can cook on a barbecue

Grilled fruit, such as this pineapple with a Balinese pepper glaze, will hit the spot in summer especially. Photograph: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

What desserts can I make on the barbecue?
Sam, Hay-on-Wye, Powys

You’re essentially looking at fruit here, Sam. But that doesn’t necessarily mean chocolate-stuffed bananas, says Helen Graves, author of Live Fire – “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.” Stone fruits are also a very good friend of the barbecue, because they take on that smoky flavour so well. To this end, Graves halves and stones peaches, then pops them in an oven tray with “warming spices” (think cardamom, cinnamon, vanilla) and a splash of dessert wine.