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Balsamic Pepper Strawberries with Strawberry Ice Cream

an elegant and simple desert with unexpected heat!
Prep Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: summer
Servings: 4 people
Author: Amanda Lawson

Ingredients

  • 2 punnets strawberries, washed and hulled
  • 1 L good quality vanilla ice cream
  • 1/4 cup good quality balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • freshly cracked black pepper to taste

Instructions

Strawberry Ice Cream

  • Prepare the ice cream several hours before you need it. Take the ice cream out of the freezer and allow it to soften for about 5 minutes.
  • Puree one punnet of the straberries in a blender. Stir into the softened ice cream and re-freeze.

Balsamic Pepper Strawberries

  • Prepare the second punnet of strawberries no more than 15 minutes in advance.
  • Thinly slice the hulled strawberries.
  • Sprinkle the strawberries with sugar, then turn your black pepper grinder 4 or 5 times over the top of the strawberries. Pour the vinegar over the top and stir gently.
  • Allow the strawberries to soften for a few minutes, then serve with the ice cream. Drizzle the remining vinegar over the top of the ice cream if you like and serve immediately.

Notes

You might like to try using white pepper instead of black pepper. They provide a more floral, earthy taste than black pepper, which gives a spicy heat!