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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

For 4 people, you will need:

1 3 cups + 3 tablespoons red wine
2 ²⁄₃ cup caster sugar
3 2 sprigs thyme
4 1 lemon
5 3 cups + 2 tablespoons strawberries
6 1 cup Chantilly cream
7 4 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.

Keeping: Should be eaten within the hour.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Photo of step #1

Pour 3 cups + 3 tablespoons 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 : Photo of step #2

Add to the reduced red wine: ²⁄₃ cup 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 : Photo of step #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 : Photo of step #4

Filter the contents of the pan through a fine strainer.

Stage 5

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction : Photo of step #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.

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Prepare 3 cups + 2 tablespoons 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 : Photo of step #7

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

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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

Stage 9 - 4 min.

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,060 Kcal or 8,625 Kj	12 gr	221 gr	54 gr
103 %	5 %	21 %	8 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 9.93 €
Per person : 2.48 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Upside-down Parmentier, Roscoff loaf, Aperitif rolls, Coq au vin, Eggs meurette, ... All
	Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Strawberry-mint sorbet, Eton mess, Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Chouquettes, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: European glass, Strawberry Charlotte, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Cranachan, Diplomat cream, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry feuilleté, Breton sablé biscuit dough, You should not leave egg yolks in contact with sugar, Tea and white chocolate biscuits, Apple and almond gratin, ... All

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