STRAWBERRY SOUP WITH MASCARPONE CHEESE

STRAWBERRY SOUP WITH MASCARPONE CHEESE

INGREDIENTS

1kg strawberry, 500ml dessert wine or champagne, 30 in no star-anise, 100gms sugar or to taste depending on the sweetness of the strawberry, 4 vanilla pods, 1 large strawberry per person for garnish, dry vanilla sticks, sprig of mint.

METHOD

Chop strawberry in to thin strips. Mix with the sugar and wine. Scrape out the vanilla seeds and put into soup with pods. Wrap anise in cloth and add to mix. Leave to macerate for 6 hours @ 80’c then chills.

GARNISH

Slice the whole strawberry into thin slices and arrange on a non-stick mat in the shape of a flower. Dry in warming cupboard until crispy. Slice vanilla into thin sticks and dry in a warming cupboard

TO PLATE

Pour a ladle of soup into a bowl. Keep the fruit to the centre and quenelle the mascarpone on top. Place the strawberry on top of this and garnish with the dry strawberry, vanilla and mint

NOTE

The soup should not to be too sweet if too sweet then add a little lemon.