Strawberry and Red Wine Soup

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Recipe bycrystallyn

Notes:

King Louis XIV was so fond of this soup and ate so much that his doctor finally had to order him to stop eating it at all.

Categories:
- Dessert
- Fruit
- Strawberry

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Ingredients:

1-1/4 lbs. strawberries, rinsed with stalks removed
2 cups red wine, such as Cotes du Rhone
2 Tablespoons cassis
1 cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
4 whole cloves
1 vanilla bean (about 2" long), cut in half lengthwise
pinch of mace
orange zest to your taste

1. Pour the wine into a large saucepan and ad the sugar, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, mace and orange zest.

2. Bring the wine to a boil and then allow to simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, cut the strawberries in half or into fourths, depending on their size.

4. After the wine has cooked for 10 minutes, add the strawberries, then remove immediately with a skimming ladle.

5. Reduce the wine until thick and syrupy.

6. Take the pan off the heat and allow to cool. When it is cool, add the cassis.

7. Pour the syrup over the strawberries and chill them for at least 6 hours.

To Serve: Divide the strawberries between 6 soup plates. Pour the syrup over them and garnish with orange and lime zests.