Recipes - Mango ice-creamsuitable for vegetarians

My favourite from the 25 plants in Plant Cultures is mango. There's nothing more exciting than slicing into a mango, seeing the bright orange flesh and being intoxicated by its perfume. I love eating mangoes and letting the juice run down my chin but I do have another more ladylike way of enjoying this fruit. Konnie Huq

Ingredients

1 large carton of double cream (1 pint/
550 ml)
8 meringue nests (shop bought)
2 mangoes
1 tbsp mango juice

Instructions

1. Lightly whisk the cream until it thickens and forms peaks.
2. Break up the meringue nests into small chunks and fold into the cream, using a large spoon, stirring in a figure of eight.
3. Finally, fold in the mango juice and place in a shallow plastic container. Put in a freezer overnight and eat within a week. Cut 2 mangoes into cubes and serve in pretty bowls beside 2 scoops of the ice-cream - heaven!

Photograph of mango ice-cream