Strawberry season just started and I picked up the first ones in my garden today!
When I was a kid my grand mother would often make 'miget' with them. 'Miget' is a traditional and ultra refreshing dessert from the French region I'm from. It was served in summer, during threshing.
The recipe is simple: cut some strawberries, add pieces of bread, pour red wine (you can also add milk) and sprinkle a little bit of sugar: Here you go!
I tried to bring back some childhood memories with this recipe, replacing the simple splash of wine and milk by two different sauces.
Spiced Red Wine Reduction:
500 mL Red Wine
150 g Granulated Sugar
1 Cinnamon Stick
2 Star Anise
2 Black Peppercorns
3 Cloves
1 Teaspoon Grounded Nutmeg
Crush the cloves and the peppercorns.
In a sauce pan pour the red wine. Add the granulated sugar and all the spices.
Bring to a boil and leave it to simmer until you get a syrupy consistency (about 45 min to 1 hour). Strain the reduction to remove the spices.
Homemade Milk &Vanilla Sauce:
250 mL Whole Milk
125 g Granulated Sugar
1 Vanilla Bean
Cut the vanilla bean in half and scrape the seeds.
Pour the milk in a sauce pan, add the granulated sugar and the scraped seeds. Bring it to a boil and live it to simmer until the color turn to a pale yellow and the consistency get thicker (about 30 to 45 min).
TIP: You can use the vanilla bean to make vanilla extract. Simply place it in a airtight glass container and pour some vodka on the top. You can use it when needed after few day!
Using a squeeze bottle (or a spoon), drizzle some Red wine Reduction on one side of the plate. On the other side, drizzle some Milk & Vanilla sauce.
Cut some fresh strawberry and arrange them harmoniously in the middle of the plate.
You can add some mint leaves to finish the decoration.
For extra 'Gourmandise' you can add some vanilla ice cream!
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When I was a kid my grand mother would often make 'miget' with them. 'Miget' is a traditional and ultra refreshing dessert from the French region I'm from. It was served in summer, during threshing.The recipe is simple: cut some strawberries, add pieces of bread, pour red wine (you can also add milk) and sprinkle a little bit of sugar: Here you go!
I tried to bring back some childhood memories with this recipe, replacing the simple splash of wine and milk by two different sauces.
Spiced Red Wine Reduction:500 mL Red Wine
150 g Granulated Sugar
1 Cinnamon Stick
2 Star Anise
2 Black Peppercorns
3 Cloves
1 Teaspoon Grounded Nutmeg
Crush the cloves and the peppercorns.
In a sauce pan pour the red wine. Add the granulated sugar and all the spices.
Bring to a boil and leave it to simmer until you get a syrupy consistency (about 45 min to 1 hour). Strain the reduction to remove the spices.
Homemade Milk &Vanilla Sauce:
250 mL Whole Milk
125 g Granulated Sugar
1 Vanilla Bean
Cut the vanilla bean in half and scrape the seeds.
Pour the milk in a sauce pan, add the granulated sugar and the scraped seeds. Bring it to a boil and live it to simmer until the color turn to a pale yellow and the consistency get thicker (about 30 to 45 min).
TIP: You can use the vanilla bean to make vanilla extract. Simply place it in a airtight glass container and pour some vodka on the top. You can use it when needed after few day!
Using a squeeze bottle (or a spoon), drizzle some Red wine Reduction on one side of the plate. On the other side, drizzle some Milk & Vanilla sauce.
Cut some fresh strawberry and arrange them harmoniously in the middle of the plate.
You can add some mint leaves to finish the decoration.
For extra 'Gourmandise' you can add some vanilla ice cream!
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