1 long strip orange peel
15 green cardamom pods
150g/5½oz golden caster sugar, plus 1 heaped tbsp for sprinkling
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
8 cloves
125g/4½oz mixed dried fruit
1½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (roughly half a whole nutmeg)
½ tsp flaked sea salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
50g/1¾oz softened butter, plus extra for greasing
300ml/10fl oz double cream
2 large free-range eggs
4 large free-range egg yolks
400ml/14fl oz whole milk
300²µ/10½´Ç³ú brioche loaf, thickly sliced (or 10 slices of crustless, thickly cut white bread)
2 tbsp Indian leaf tea, preferably Assam