Taste magazine’s go-to feijoa recipes

Nuts bring a wide array of nutty, toasty and sweet flavours to dishes – think the sweet butteriness of pine nuts, the milky sweetness of fresh almonds, and the toasty coffee-like taste of roasted hazelnuts.

A roly-poly is English dish traditionally made with jam. For this seasonal spin on an old favourite, pastry is spread with feijoa pulp and maple syrup, then baked until golden. Photograph by Todd Eyre.

If you’ve found yourself with a glut of feijoas, you’ll want to bake a few batches of these gently spiced feijoa muffins. They’re delicious with a cup of tea, and if you bake them for friends and family, they’ll welcome the change from shopping bags of windfall.

Differing from the crumble recipes we all grew up with, this topping is crisp and crunchy with gorgeous caramel notes. As winter progresses, you can mix things up a little by adding pear or frozen berries, for example.

A good crumble is a classic that everyone enjoys, especially when evenings are getting crisper, and comforting, warm desserts take over from lighter options. When the season is in full-swing, the addition of feijoa enlivens any good apple crumble.