Martha's Restaurant Has a New Dessert on the Menu—and It's Topped With 24-Karat Gold and Cotton Candy

Martha is celebrating the two-year anniversary of opening her first restaurant—The Bedford—which is located in the Paris Las Vegas hotel in Nevada. For the occasion, she just added a special new dessert to the menu. Coined "Snow in the Desert," the luxe dish features a scoop of ice cream, which is served over raspberry coulis and topped with two special accouterments—cotton candy and 24-karat gold flakes.

She introduced the dessert on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night, during which she taught the talk show host how to make her new confection. "I have a restaurant in Las Vegas—The Bedford," she said during the segment. "It's turning two years old, and I decided that I really wanted to have a special new dessert."

To make the dessert, Martha starts by cooking sugar, raspberries, and water in a saucepan over medium-low heat until the sugar is dissolved. She then pours the mixture into a blender and purees until it's smooth. Then, she passes the mixture through a fine-mesh colander. "You don't want any of the seeds," she tells Colbert.

Once the coulis is complete, a small portion is poured onto a plate and topped with "one big, perfect scoop" of ice cream, Martha says. Now for the fun part—Martha places a mound of cotton candy on top of the ice cream, which is meant to represent snow in the desert.

To gild the lily, the dessert is finished with a sprinkling of gold leaf. "Is this real gold? Colbert asks Martha. "Yes, it's 24-karat. It's edible," she says. When asked why someone would want to eat gold with their dessert, Martha replies, "It's fun!"

Martha's coulis dessert is one of many updates she recently made to The Bedford's summer menu. In addition to Snow in the Desert, patrons can now also order Corn-Jalapeno Fritters, Alexis' Chopped Salad, Caprese Salad, Halibut and Corn Chowder, and Colorado Rack of Lamb.