Strawberries and mascarpone

British recipes Strawberries, Cointreau and mascarpone cream recipe

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Date Published:
25/09/2007

Jazz up old-fashioned strawberries and cream with decadent Cointreau and mascarpone in this easy recipe.

Serves 4
Ready in 1 1/4 hours

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Ingredients

  • 500g small strawberries, hulled and halved
  • 2 tbsp Cointreau or orange liqueur
  • Finely grated zest of 1/2 small orange
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar or to taste, plus 1-2 tsp for the cream
  • 5cm piece vanilla pod
  • 125g mascarpone
  • 2 tbsp single cream

Method: How to make strawberries and mascarpone

1. Put the strawberries, liqueur, zest and icing sugar in a bowl and mix gently. Cover and chill for 1 hour, until the strawberries' juices have run a little. Bring up to room temperature.

2. Just before serving, slit open the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Mix with the mascarpone, cream and the extra icing sugar, to taste.

3. Serve the strawberries in dessert glasses, topped with a little cream.

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