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Rakesh Kumar cooks up a strawberry dessert in a jiffy
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PHOTO: S. SUBRAMANIUM
CHEERS! Raising a toast to strawberries
I know summer is upon us. But to remember kinder days, I would like to do a strawberry dish. While it’s hard to get fresh strawberries now, they can still be found in a few shops.
They are expensive but I think they are still worth it! And if you are travelling to the hills to a friend’s house, then you can prepare it there. It’s so easy that you can whip it up in someone else’s house, without any fuss. You’ll make your friends happy. And they’ll be sure to invite you back to their house next summer!
It requires only a few ingredients and very little effort. It’s cooking at its best. The dish is simple yet delicious.
Wine and fruit actually make a great combination. Wine adds a new twist to the fruit without drowning out the taste of the fruit. Fruits go with red and white wine, but for this dish white is the best. It leaves the natural colour of strawberries intact. Wines are no longer exotic in India and it’s great to cook with it.
Fresh strawberry marinated in white wine with sabayon
Ingredients
200 gms fresh strawberry
50 ml white wine
5 egg yolks
50 gms sugar
A few fresh mint leaves
Method
Slice the strawberries, from top to bottom, and put them in a bowl. Pour the white wine on top of the strawberry slices. Keep in a refrigerator for 15 minutes. Put the egg yolk and sugar in a mixing bowl. Whisk vigorously till it is thick. Place strawberry slices in serving dishes. Top the strawberries with whisked egg yolk and sugar mix. Place the dish back in refrigerator for another 15 minutes.
Garnish the dish with fresh mint leaves and serve chilled.
Note This dish should be consumed the same day it is made as it does not have a long shelf life.
(Rakesh Kumar, the Executive Chef of the Crowne Plaza, spoke to Nandini Nair. He can be reached at chefrk@crowneplazadelhi.com)
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