Iced berries with spicy white chocolate sauce

The contrast between a warm sauce and chilled berries makes for a magical dessert

Serves: 8

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

750g mixed frozen berries, lightly defrosted but not completely soft

Sauce:

1 vanilla pod, split

3 cardamom pods, lightly bashed

1 small red chilli, seeded and sliced

250ml (1 cup) cream

200g quality white chocolate, broken into blocks

To serve:

Boudoir biscuits or any sponge biscuits

Sprigs of mint

Method:

1) To make the sauce, scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod and combine with the cardamom, chilli and cream in a small pan.

2) Bring to a gentle simmer then remove from the heat, add the chocolate and allow to melt and stand for 15 minutes to infuse.

3) Divide the berries between eight bowls.

4) Just before serving, reheat the cream and chocolate chilli sauce in the microwave for 2 minutes so hot, then pour over the bowls of berries. Serve with boudoir biscuits to soak up sauce and decorate with fresh mint.