While the term parfait can also refer to a very smooth meat paste or pâté - as in chicken liver parfait - it usually relates to a frozen dessert made from a base of sugar syrup, egg and cream.

Check out this glorious selection of parfait recipes, including lemon parfait from Marcello Tully, Christoffer Hruskova's sweet cicely parfait with sea buckthorn and carrots, and a mango parfait with coconut sorbet from Mark Dodson.