Ice cream with strawberries & red wine
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pints | Strawberries -- stems |
| Removed | ||
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| ⅓ | cup | Dry red wine |
| 1 | Whole cinnamon stick -- 3 | |
| Inches long | ||
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Pepper -- freshly ground |
| 1 | pint | Vanilla ice cream -- |
| Slightly softened | ||
| 4 | Sprigs fresh mint -- for | |
| Garnish | ||
Directions
If strawberries are small, cut in half; if large, cut in quarters.
Combine sugar, red wine and cinnamon stick in a large skillet; cook over medium high heat until sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Add strawberries and pepper; cook until berries soften slighty, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat, discrad cinnamon stick and divide berries and sauce among dishes; serve with vanilla ice cream and a sprig of mint, if desired.
Recipe By : Martha Stewart Living, June 1996 From: "Dax C. Davis" <dax@...>date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 07:12:31 ~0500