Thyme-scented strawberries with melon soup and strawberry sorbet

Name: Thyme-scented strawberries with melon soup and strawberry sorbet
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: Vanilla syrup, to drizzle (optional); 1 tbsp icing sugar; 3 lemon thyme sprigs, leaves picked; 1-2 tbsp icing sugar, to taste; 8-12 small scoops of Strawberry sorbet; 200 g strawberries, hulled; 1 Cantaloupe melon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

About

THE SUCCESS OF THIS DISH RELIES ON THE FRESHNESS AND RIPENESS OF THE FRUITS. FOR ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DESSERTS IN THE BOOK - SIMPLE PERHAPS, BUT THE FLAVOUR PROFILE IS IMMENSE.

Ingredients

200 g strawberries, hulled
1 tbsp icing sugar
3

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Cut the strawberries into quarters or eighths, depending on size, and place in a bowl. Add the icing sugar and thyme leaves and mix gently. Cover and chill.
Halve the melon, scoop out the seeds and cut the flesh away from the skin. Purée the melon flesh in a blender until smooth. Add the icing sugar (adjust according to the sweetness of the melon). Pass through