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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.

21K 5 4.6

Last modified on: June 30^th 2019

Keywords for this recipe:Strawberries Red wine Reduced Thyme Lemon Syrup Chantilly cream Dessert

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

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	15 min.	45 min.	1 hour 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Photo of step #1

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.

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Add to the reduced red wine: 150 g caster sugar, 2 sprigs thyme and the zest of 1 lemon.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

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Put the pan back on the heat and reduce again by half.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

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Filter the contents of the pan through a fine strainer.

Stage 5

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You will now have a red wine reduction flavoured with thyme and lemon.

Leave to cool, then cover and refrigerate.

Stage 6 - 10 min.

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Prepare 500 g strawberries, remove the green tops and cut in 4 lengthways.

Put into a bowl.

Stage 7 - 15 min.

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Pour the cold red wine reduction over, mix well and leave to steep for 15 minutes.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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Divide out into small dishes and pour a generous slurp of the red wine reduction over.

Stage 9 - 4 min.

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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.

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.

Keeping

Should be eaten within the hour.

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 9.93 €
Per person : 2.48 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Marchand de vin sauce, Roscoff loaf, Oxtail Parmentier, Mushroom bourguignon, Spaghetti Bolognese, ... All
	Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry feuilleté, Strawberry tart, Strawberry and kiwi fruit salad, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Strawberry-mint sorbet, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: European glass, Millefeuille, Pear charlotte, Warm apple feuillantines, Viennese chocolate cups, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Fruit crémeux, Pizza dough, Profiteroles, Brioche dough, ... All

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