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 30th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
2 litres 250 ml red wine - 2
450 g caster sugar - 3
6 sprigs thyme - 4
3 lemons - 5
1 kg 500 g strawberries - 6
600 g Chantilly cream - 7
12 fresh mint leaves (optional) - Total weight: 5,190 grams
How long will it take?
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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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Pour 2 litres 250 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.
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.
Leave to cool, then cover and refrigerate.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
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.
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.
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 |
| 8,381 Kcal or 35,090 Kj | 55 gr | 752 gr | 360 gr |
| 419 % | 21 % | 71 % | 55 % |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 28.12 €
- Per person : 2.34 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Roscoff loaf, Mushroom bourguignon, Winemaker's toast, Coq au vin, ... All |
 | Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: You should not soak strawberries in water, Clear strawberry juice, Strawberry brunoise in a dessert-wine sabayon, Strawberry-mint sorbet, Strawberry Charlotte, ... All |
 | Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coupe Augustin, Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, Strawberry Verveine Tart , Viennese chocolate cups, Chantilly rice pudding, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Apricot jelly, Caramelized brioche with pear and kiwi, Apple Pie, Doughnuts, ... All |
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