Iced fruit soup with hot ginger date pudding and coconut sorbet

If any of your guests normally avoid desserts, tempt them with the tropical fruit soup served on its own.

A fruit soup to finish off a meal is very refreshing, especially on a hot day If you were in Asia, you would serve this with shaved ice. Some of the great French chefs also serve a fruit soup combination. As the recipes in this chapter tend to be rich, a light touch for the finale seems the right choice. Hot date and ginger pudding together with the cold soup and chilled coconut