Name: Peach and strawberry Knickerbocker Glory
Ingredients: some fructose (fruit sugar), caster sugar or honey, to sweeten the fruit (optional); 75 ml cold double or whipping cream; 1 ripe peach, peeled, stoned and roughly chopped, or a small portion of Peach Freezer Jam; 1 tsp caster or icing sugar, plus extra for the strawberries; 1 shortbread finger, broken up or kept whole; 1 tsp bright green pistachio nibs (Iranian are best) or toasted flaked almonds (optional); 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream; handful of ripe strawberries, hulled, plus a few extra to decorate; ½ tsp vanilla extract

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

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Solo

By Signe Johansen

Published 2018

About

Peach Melba, in which raspberries accompany peach, is a classic pairing, but these days we get juicy, ripe peaches from southern Europe earlier in the summer season and they overlap with delicious British strawberries so, naturally, this dish happened. I never tire of fruit-based desserts: a homemade Knickerbocker Glory means you don’t have to go out to enjoy a sundae, and is an example of why it’s always a good idea to keep a tub of vanilla ice cream in your freezer for impromptu dessert c