Orange-drizzled Strawberries |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 11 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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A nice tangy, sweet simple sauce; also delicious on vanilla ice cream or fruit sorbets. Stores up to two days in the refrigerator. Total cook time includes minimum 1 hour chilling. Nut Warning: Pistachios are used in this recipe; if you have a nut intolerance, please eliminate this ingredient. (A desserts feature in Organic Style Magazine May/June 2003 issue) Ingredients:
2 pints fresh strawberries |
1/2 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon (or sugar substitute) |
1 tablespoon cointreau liqueur or 1 tablespoon orange liqueur (optional) |
2 cups orange juice |
1 tablespoon grated oranges or 1 tablespoon lemon, zest of |
1/3 cup shelled pistachios, finely chopped |
Directions:
1. Rinse the strawberries and remove the hulls.
2. Cut into halve or quarters.
3. In a large bowl, toss the berries with 1 tbsp of the sugar (or sugar substitute) and the Cointreau or other orange liqueur.
4. Cover and transfer to the refrigerator to chill, at least 1 hour, or up to 4 hours, stirring from time to time.
5. In a medium saucepan, combine the orange juice, 1/2 cup sugar (or sugar substitute), and the orange or lemon zest.
6. Bring to a boil over high heat.
7. Reduce the heat to medium-high and simmer until thick, syrupy, and liquid reduced to 1/2 cup- about 20 minutes.
8. Set a small bowl inside a larger bowl filled with half-ice and half cold water.
9. Strain the reduced orange juice into the small bowl and stir until chilled.
10. Spoon the strawberries into dessert dishes and drizzle liberally with the orange syrup.
11. Sprinkle with pistachios and serve.
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