Nigel Slater’s zesty pudding recipes

Zest is the scented soul of the fruit: try it in citrus meringues or passion fruit and lemon mousse Sometimes, on a peaceful, grey winter’s day, I take a citrus fruit from the fridge – a lemon, a clementine, a yuzu if I can find one – pierce its skin and squeeze. Not enough pressure to send a bead of juice running down its peel, but just enough for its scent to float, briefly, brightly, on the air. The clean smell of citrus zest, rumoured to reduce stress in humans (cats hate i