Orange and cardamom bombette with pistachio wafers

Curry and popadams for dessert, as Mr Foley, book designer, gourmet and wit, calls it. The preparation seems like a lot of work, but can all be done over the days before you need the bombettes and, of course, an ice cream maker is a huge help, especially for the sorbet. The lovely photo of this dessert features a bombette which is actually pure sorbet, one of a sneaky shortcut batch made by someone I foolishly left into my kitchen briefly. It looks just like the real thing