Saffron & orange blossom ice cream

Spice ice creams are wonderful accompaniments to fruity desserts, bringing a cool-warm paradox and a note of complexity sometimes hard to put your finger on. This saffron ice cream is utterly mesmerising in both colour and flavour.

For something different, see the spice switches below. Coriander seeds were common in ice creams before vanilla became ‘the thing’ and the two together work well. The combination of bay and peppercorn is exceptionally fragrant – try it with poached plums.