Pork all over Denmark is hauntingly tender. Food editor Maggie Ruggiero was taken with the pork belly she tasted there—crisp, but succulent and rich.

We know and love the molded custard dessert called crema catalana, but here it takes a more dynamic form. This foam is sexier than whipped cream and is especially delicious on berries.

Festive and beautiful, this creation of editor Nichol Nelson is packed with real cranberry flavor.

To make this stunning tart, we took the ingredients for a double pastry crust in another direction, turning some into a bottom crust and the rest into a sweet streusel topping....

Cassis, also known as black currant, has a deep, velvety, ripe-berry flavor, along with a slight sourness; this sorbet plays up those qualities.

Cardamom-scented whipped cream tops a light, crisp meringue in this pretty paean to the season's fresh berries.

Heavy cream is infused with geranium leaves and then mixed with cream cheese, creating a lush, textured topping for berries.

Plums and berries team up with dulce de leche in an ultraquick dessert.