Red Wine Poached Strawberries with Cinnamon Toast

Name: Red Wine Poached Strawberries with Cinnamon Toast
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 vanilla podr, split lengthways; 100–130 g caster sugar, to taste; 400 ml light red wine; 900 g strawberries; 1 cinnamon stick; 250 g bought or homemade puff pastry; 250 g bought or homemade puff pastry; 1 large egg, beaten; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 pinch of sea salt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooks Country

By Matt Tebbutt

Published 2008

About

Ideally use a light, summer-drinking red, like a Fleurie or Pinot Noir, to make the most of this dish.

Ingredients

900 g strawberries
400 ml light red wine
100–130 g

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
Summer
July
August

Method

Wipe and hull the strawberries. Bring the wine, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon to a gentle boil in a saucepan. Drop the strawberries into the red wine. Bring to the boil and immediately remove from the heat and cover. Set aside until the wine and strawberries have cooled. At this stage the fruit should be perfectly poached, soft yet still holding its shape.