Summer berries

Name: Summer berries
Ingredients: 1 recipe roasted vanilla cream; 15 g flaked almonds, toasted; 2 tbsp strawberry vinegar or white balsamic vinegar; 2 tbsp strawberry vinegar or white balsamic vinegar; 200 g raspberries; 200 g blackberries; 200 g strawberries; 200 g blueberries; 1 kg frozen strawberries; 50 g sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Changing Tides

By Roberta Hall McCarron

Published 2024

About

This is a real celebration of berries. It’s a simple dessert to make and put together, but the strawberry consommé and roasted vanilla cream both need a couple of hours to make and chill, so allow yourself some time.

Ingredients

Strawberry Consommé

1 kg frozen strawberries
50 g sugar

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Summer

Method

Start with the strawberry consommé. Mix the frozen strawberries and the sugar in a heatproof bowl and cover with cling film. Put them over a pot of simmering water and cook very gently for an hour – you will see all the natural juices coming out of the fruit. Strain through a fine sieve or muslin and leave to drip through so you get every last bit of juice. You should get about 200ml. Don’t squ