Fresh Strawberries & Ice-cream With Cointreau
There are many variations on this theme...
...with Bailey's
... with Kahlua
... with vodka infused berries
You'll find many examples and their recipies on the InterWeb
This is a recipe Sr Carmen used to serve in a French Restaurant.
A nice, simple and tasty dish. Preparation time is only about 10 minutes, even if you are doing 4 serves.
Ingredients:
(per serve)
- 4 medium sized red strawberries (the big ones have no flavour, and the redder the better)
- 30ml (1 nip) of Cointreau
- 2 teaspoons of sugar
- 2 or 3 scoops of ice-cream
Method:
- Rinse, then "hull" the strawberries (means taking the green stalks/leaves off them).
- Cut them into bite sized pieces (often into quarters will do).
- Combine the Cointreau and sugar, making a kind of syrup (add more sugar if you wish).
- Put the strawberries into the Cointreau syrup and stir them around gently to cover them.
- Scoop the ice-cream into the plate.
- Artistically arrange the strawberries in the bowl on top and around the ice-cream. (Or just toss them on if you're that way inclined)
- Drizzle the syrup (which is pinkish now) over and around the ice-cream and strawberries.
- Serve and enjoy.
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