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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 1 ²⁄₃ cup red wine
2 0 kg caster sugar
3 1 sprig thyme
4 ½ lemon
5 1 ²⁄₃ cup strawberries
6 ½ cup Chantilly cream
7 2 fresh mint leaves (optional)

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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

Pour 1 ²⁄₃ cup 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: 0 kg 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 1 ²⁄₃ cup 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
1,397 Kcal or 5,849 Kj	9 gr	125 gr	60 gr
70 %	4 %	12 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
161 Kcal or 674 Kj	1 gr	14 gr	7 gr
8 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
698 Kcal or 2,922 Kj	5 gr	63 gr	30 gr
35 %	2 %	6 %	5 %

% 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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