Turn shop bought ice cream into a luxurious dessert with this fruity sauce.

Shopping List

• 150g (5oz) blueberries or blackberries
• 150g (5oz) fresh raspberries
• 4-6 large ripe strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp flower honey
• Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
• 1 tbsp whisky or crème de cassis (optional)
• Ice cream and ratafia biscuits, to serve

Method

1. Put all the fruits into a saucepan with 2-3 tablespoons water and heat until the juice starts to run.
2. Stir in the honey and simmer 2-3 minutes until just softened and the berries break down.
3. Remove from the heat and whiz with the Dualit hand blender until smooth.
4. Rub the pulp through a sieve into a jug.
5. Mix in the lemon juice and whisky or Cassis, if liked.
6. Cool and chill until required.
7. To serve: put scoops of luxury ice cream into 4 sundae dishes. Good flavours to choose from are vanilla, mango, coconut, caramel,strawberry or raspberry.
8. Drizzle with the sauce then crush over some ratafia biscuits. Variations in fruits and alcohol can completely transform the recipe, experiment with the contents of your fruit basket..