Vanilla Wafer Cookies with Zinfandel-marinated Raspberries

Name: Vanilla Wafer Cookies with Zinfandel-marinated Raspberries
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar; 3 ounces (¾ stick) butter, melted; 4 peppercorns; 2 egg whites; 7 tablespoons sugar; ¾ cup water; Two ¼-inch strips lemon rind; Small pinch ground cinnamon; Three ¼-inch strips orange rind; ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon flour; 1½ cups fruity zinfandel; 6 cups raspberries; Chantilly Cream

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Red wine and red fruit have been traditionally matched (Cabernet sauce and strawberries, with black pepper, for example), and here the peppery quality of the zinfandel goes very well with raspberries.

Use the presentation with various cooked or marinated fruits.

Ingredients

Vanilla Wafer Cookies

2 egg whites
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

To make the vanilla wafers

Whisk the egg whites and sugar together in a stainless steel bowl just until incorporated. Whisk in the melted butter, vanilla extract, and then the flour.

Line a baking sh