Fresh Strawberries with Sweet Sour Cream and Red Wine Sauce

Fresh Strawberries with Sweet Sour Cream and Red Wine Sauce

While it most certainly is NOT strawberry season here in Chi-town I found some California berries that were a reasonable facsimile thereof and wanted to make a healthy dessert for me and manly. I found this one on the Food Network website and was intrigued by the idea of sweetened sour cream with strawberries! Yum! For the red wine sauce I used a bottle of some sweet German wine that neither of us would drink by the glass and cut back the sugar amount. It worked great. And in keeping with the healthy dessert (I usually think that's an oxymoron) idea I used...cherish the thought...low-fat sour cream {sigh}. I kid. You'll never know the difference once you add the sugar. In fact the sour cream mixture was so good that I wanted to lick the plate which I, of course, did not do...well, not when anybody was looking anyway ;). One other note: You can easily cut the sauce recipe in half. It would make plenty for two pints of strawberries because you're really just drizzling some over the top of the berries. When I have real strawberries again I will probably fore go the wine sauce all together and serve it with some champagne or Gran Marnier. It's a beautiful presentation and would be quite attractive and easy to serve to guests. Enjoy!

Recipe: Fresh Strawberries with Sweet Sour Cream and Red Wine Sauce



















Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence, 2007
Show: Tyler's Ultimate
Episode: Ultimate Pork Tenderloin

Ingredients:
3 cups full-bodied red wine
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 to 5 (1-inch wide, 3-inches long) strips orange peel
1/4 orange-flavored liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
1 1/2 cups sour cream, refrigerated
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 pints fresh strawberries
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Directions:
In a large saucepan add red wine, sugar, orange peel and orange-flavored liqueur. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes over low-heat until slightly syrupy and liquid has reduced by half. Set aside and cool in the refrigerator. Strain.

In a mixing bowl, combine the sour cream with confectioners' sugar. Take a large platter and make a smear of the sweet sour cream. Arrange the strawberries with the bottoms down in the sour cream. Pour over the red wine sauce and dust the entire plate with confectioners' sugar.