A NEW delicious hybrid ice cream flavour has been created by two Hawkshead and Ulverston food companies.

The new Cherry and Prosecco cheesecake ice cream favour was developed by Hawkshead Relish and Ulverston’s Handmade Ice Cream Company.

The owners decided to collaborate after meeting at a producer’s event held at the Pioneer Food Hall in Carlisle, after realising how much they had in common.

“We change our flavour range every year, so this year we wanted to look at some other local companies to work with," said Steven Darvill, owner and founder of the Handmade Ice Cream Company.

Maria Whitehead, co-owner of Hawkshead Relish, said: “Steven and I have a similar approach to business, so it seemed fairly natural to begin to look at collaborative opportunities. When we began working together it didn’t take us long to work up some ideas and from those initial experiments it quickly became apparent that we’d hit on a perfect flavour combination”.

For information visit hawksheadrelish.com or handmadeicecream.co.uk.