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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.

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Last modified on: June 30^th 2019

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 375 g red wine
2 75 g caster sugar
3 1 sprig thyme
4 ½ lemon
5 250 g strawberries
6 100 g Chantilly cream
7 2 fresh mint leaves (optional)
Total weight: 865 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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Stage 1 - 30 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction

Pour 375 g 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.

Add to the reduced red wine: 75 g caster sugar, 1 sprig thyme and the zest of ½ lemon.

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.

Stage 6 - 10 min.

Prepare 250 g strawberries, remove the green tops and cut in 4 lengthways.

Put into a bowl.

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.

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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,030 Kcal or 4,312 Kj	6 gr	110 gr	27 gr
51 %	2 %	10 %	4 %

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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 4.69 €
Per person : 2.35 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tenderloin steaks marinated in red wine with rosemary, Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Winemaker's toast, Rabbit civet, Oxtail Parmentier, ... All
	Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Eton mess, Strawberry-mint sorbet, Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, You should not soak strawberries in water, Chouquettes, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Belle-helene in a glass, Saint Honoré cake, Chantilly rice pudding, Rum babas, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Jelly-style plum jam, Plum and almond panna cotta, Biscuit de Savoie sponge cake, Double raspberry tartlets, Brioche Tatin, ... All

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