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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 8 people, you will need:

1 0 litre 6 ml red wine
2 1 ¹⁄₃ cup caster sugar
3 4 sprigs thyme
4 2 lemons
5 0 kg 6 g strawberries
6 1 ¾ cup Chantilly cream
7 8 fresh mint leaves (optional)

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Time required for this recipe:

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 0 litre 6 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.

Add to the reduced red wine: 1 ¹⁄₃ cup caster sugar, 4 sprigs thyme and the zest of 2 lemons.

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 0 kg 6 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
5,587 Kcal or 23,392 Kj	37 gr	501 gr	240 gr
279 %	14 %	47 %	36 %

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 8 people : 18.75 €
Per person : 2.34 €

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	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tiramisu, Chocolate eclairs, Vanilla sugar, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Breton apple and rhubarb tart , ... All