Name: Strawberries with lime & long pepper syrup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 limes; 100g golden caster sugar; 5 medium-sized 'long' peppercorns one crushed and rest left whole (or use 2 tsp crushed black peppercorns); 450g ripe strawberry hulled and halved, or quartered if large; vanilla or coconut ice cream to serve

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Strawberries with lime & long pepper syrup

Strawberries with lime & long pepper syrup

Jane Hornby

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 5 mins

Plus cooling

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Citrussy and sweet with a little bit of heat, this new twist on berries with balsamic and pepper is best served with cream

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Ingredients

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2 limes
100g golden caster sugar
5 medium-sized 'long' peppercorns

one crushed and rest left whole (or use 2 tsp crushed black peppercorns)
450g ripe strawberry

hulled and halved, or quartered if large
vanilla or coconut ice cream

to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal130

low
fat0g
saturates0g
carbs31g
sugars31g
fibre2g
protein1g
salt0g

low

Method

step 1

Using a vegetable peeler, pare the zest from 1 lime in long strips. Shave away any white pith from the back of the zest (this can make it bitter), then put the zest in a medium pan. Squeeze both of the limes and add the juice to the pan with 3 tbsp water, the sugar and the crushed and whole peppercorns. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves, boil, then take off the heat.
step 2

Spread out the strawberries in a serving dish, then pour over the hot syrup and allow to cool. As this happens, the syrup will become rosy pink. Serve at room temperature with scoops of ice cream.

RECIPE TIPS

LONG PEPPERCORNS

Looking rather like a small black catkin, long peppercorns have a fiery heat backed up with substantial citrussy and sweet mixed spice notes. You can find them at spice shops, or try online.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2013

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