Name: Fruity summer sundaes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 142ml pot double cream; 2 tbsp icing sugar; 12 strawberries 4 left whole, rest chopped; 4 nectarines chopped into small chunks; 4 scoops good-quality vanilla ice cream; 4 scoops good-quality berry sorbet (we like Bottlegreen English Summer sorbet); sunflower oil for greasing; 50g caster sugar; 50g macadamia nuts toasted; 350g strawberries hulled; 1 tbsp icing sugar

142ml pot double cream
2 tbsp icing sugar
12 strawberries
4 left whole, rest chopped
4 nectarines
chopped into small chunks
4 scoops good-quality vanilla ice cream
4 scoops good-quality berry sorbet
(we like Bottlegreen English Summer sorbet)

For the macadamia brittle

sunflower oil
for greasing
50g caster sugar
50g macadamia nuts
toasted

For the strawberry sauce

350g strawberries
hulled
1 tbsp icing sugar

Method

step 1
Make the brittle: oil a baking sheet and set aside. Gently heat the caster sugar in a small, non-stick frying pan, stirring until dissolved. Add the nuts. When the sugar becomes a deep caramel, pour onto the baking sheet and leave until completely cold. Snap the brittle into pieces, then pulse in a food processor to coarse crumbs. Can be made up to a week ahead. Store in an airtight container.
step 2
For the sauce, whizz the strawberries in a food processor until smooth. Sieve into a bowl, then stir in the icing sugar. Set aside.
step 3
To assemble the sundaes, whip the cream with the icing sugar until it just holds its shape. In a tall glass, layer up the chopped fruit, brittle, ice cream, sorbet and sauce, finishing with swirls of cream, more brittle and the whole strawberries.