Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction
Serving strawberries in red wine is a classic French dessert. Here is a more sophisticated version, with the red wine reduced to a light syrup with notes of thyme and lemon.
13,2884.5/5 for 4 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: June 30th 2019
For 4 people, you will need:
- 0
750 ml red wine - 1
150 g caster sugar - 2
2 sprigs thyme - 3
1 lemon - 4
500 g strawberries - 5
200 g Chantilly cream - 6
4 fresh mint leaves (optional) - Total weight: 1,734 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 min. | 15 min. | 45 min. | 1 hour 23 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Should be eaten within the hour.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Pour 750 ml red wine into a saucepan on medium heat. bring to the boil, then leave to boil gently until reduced by half.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Stage 3 - 15 min.
Put the pan back on the heat and reduce again by half.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Filter the contents of the pan through a fine strainer.
Stage 5
You will now have a red wine reduction flavoured with thyme and lemon.
Leave to cool, then cover and refrigerate.
Leave to cool, then cover and refrigerate.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
Stage 7 - 15 min.
Pour the cold red wine reduction over, mix well and leave to steep for 15 minutes.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Divide out into small dishes and pour a generous slurp of the red wine reduction over.
Stage 9 - 4 min.
Finish with a beautifully piped rosette of whipped cream (Chantilly) and garnish, if you like, with a mint leaf.
Serve cool but, above all, not too cold.
Serve cool but, above all, not too cold.
Remarks
If possible, opt for a fairly light red wine with not too much tannin.
If you don't have time to whip cream, replace this with a generous spoonful of thick crème fraiche, sprinkled with a little caster sugar.
If you don't have time to whip cream, replace this with a generous spoonful of thick crème fraiche, sprinkled with a little caster sugar.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,060 Kcal or 8,625 Kj | 12 gr | 221 gr | 54 gr |
| 103 % | 5 % | 21 % | 8 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 119 Kcal or 498 Kj | 1 gr | 13 gr | 3 gr |
| 6 % | <1 % | 1 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 515 Kcal or 2,156 Kj | 3 gr | 55 gr | 14 gr |
| 26 % | 1 % | 5 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 9.93 €
- Per person : 2.48 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Oxtail Parmentier, Mulled wine Belle-Plagne style, Two-stage beef chuck , Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , ... All |
| Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry Charlotte, Strawberry tart, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Eton mess, Frozen cottage cheese with strawberries, ... All |
 | Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry Charlotte, Ice-cream Vacherin, Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Pavlova, Coupe Augustin, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple confectioner's custard, Doughnuts, Pizza dough, Cherry clafoutis, Peach and verbena feuilleté, ... All |
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