Summer red fruits with rose & cardamom

The simplest preparation - a blueprint more than a recipe as you can take both the fruits and the aromatics in many directions. See the switches below for spice and botanical combinations that will all amplify the sweet-floral notes in summer berries. The key is using a little sugar to draw the full flavour out of your chosen spice and helping to distribute it evenly. Leaving the cherries and strawberries to macerate briefly creates a puddle of fragrant, lipstick-red syrup.