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Sat 06 Jun 2007Ask the expertConach Stokes of Bang Cafe"One of my favourite quick desserts is to mix equal parts of organic lemon, lime or passion-fruit curd with crème fraîche and freeze it for a home-made ice cream. You don't need to freeze it until it's rock hard: you can have it in the freezer for an hour before you want to serve it. It goes beautifully with chocolate cake. Instead of freezing the mixture, you can also put it into pastry cases and top with fresh fruit."