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Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction

Name: Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 23 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 750 ml red wine; 150 g caster sugar; 2 sprigs thyme; 1 lemon; 500 g strawberries; 200 g Chantilly cream; 4 fresh mint leaves

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.

63 K 4.6/5 (5 reviews)

1 hour 25 min. difficulté

Easy

9.40 €

4 people

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 30^th 2019

For 4 people, you will need:

1 750 ml red wine
2 150 g caster sugar
3 2 sprigs thyme
4 1 lemon
5 500 g strawberries
6 200 g Chantilly cream
7 4 fresh mint leaves (optional)
Total weight: 1,730 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 25 min.

Resting: 15 min.

Cooking: 45 min.

All in all: 1 hour 25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 30 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 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.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 2

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

Stage 3 - ⌛ 15 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 3

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

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 4

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.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 10 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 6

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

Put into a bowl.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 15 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 7

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

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 8

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

Stage 9 - ⌛ 4 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Stage 9

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.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=7 %	250 RDI=20 %	120 RDI=20 %	2,790 RDI=140 %	11,700 RDI: 140 %
Per 100 g	1 RDI=0 %	10 RDI=1 %	6 RDI=1 %	160 RDI=8 %	680 RDI: 8 %
Per person	4 RDI=2 %	60 RDI=6 %	30 RDI=5 %	700 RDI=40 %	2,920 RDI: 40 %