22 sweet and savoury recipes for maple syrup
Pour liberally.
A bottle of pure maple syrup goes a long way. Pour it at will over waffles, pancakes and French toast to get your weekend started in the sweetest of ways. Then, whip the syrup into a caramelised maple butter, a warm New England spider cake, or use as a sweet backdrop to a fast dessert of roasted pears with vanilla crème fraîche. And it's not just desserts that benefit from the maple syrup treatment – it pairs handsomely with bacon and fried chicken for that sweet-savoury hit.
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Pear brioche tart with maple custard cream
Photo: William Meppem2 / 0
Photo: Ben Dearnley
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Maple, banana and walnut bread pudding
Photo: Ben Dearnley4 / 0
Pan-fried bananas with salted maple caramel and vanilla ice-cream
Photo: Nic Gossage5 / 0
Photo: Ben Dearnley
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Gluten-free salted maple-almond balls
Photo: William Meppem7 / 0
Photo: William Meppem
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Citrus-glazed sticky bacon with apple and fennel salad
Photo: William Meppem9 / 0
Bacon and egg pudding with salted maple
Photo: Ben Dearnley10 / 0
Southern fried chicken with smoky maple caramel
Photo: Ben Dearnley11 / 0
Pinbone's maple, bacon and pumpkin tart
Photo: John Paul Urizar12 / 0
Photo: John Laurie
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Photo: Ben Dearnley
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Photo: William Meppem
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Curtis Stone's maple pear and muesli crumble
Photo: William Meppem16 / 0
Buckwheat pikelets with bacon and maple butter
Photo: Chris Court17 / 0
Walnut, maple and milk chocolate fudge
Photo: William Meppem18 / 0
Ricotta maple tart with roast pears
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Photo: William Meppem
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Oat and chocolate pies with maple cream
Photo: Ben Dearnley21 / 0
Banana-maple upside-down puddings
Photo: Ben Dearnley22 / 0
Roast pears with maple syrup and vanilla crème fraîche
Photo: Ben Dearnley