Sandy's warm three berry surprise
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ⅓ | cup | Sugar |
| ¼ | cup | Water |
| 1½ | cup | Heavy cream |
| ½ | Vanilla bean; split | |
| Lengthwise | ||
| ½ | pint | Raspberries, ripe, picked |
| Over; at room temperature | ||
| ½ | pint | Blueberries, ripe, picked |
| Over; at room temperature | ||
| ½ | pint | Strawberries or blackberries |
| Picked over; at room | ||
| Temperature | ||
Directions
Recipe by: From The Farmers' Market - ISBN 0-06-055005-8 1. Place the sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Cover and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Meanwhile, bring the cream and the vanilla bean to a boil in a separate pan; remove from heat.
Remove the vanilla bean. With a small knife, scrape the vanilla seeds from the bean into the cream. Set aside. 2. When the sugar has dissolved, uncover the pan, raise the heat slightly, and bring the syrup to a boil. Boil, without stirring, until the syrup turns a medium amber color. 3. Remove the caramel from the heat. Working carefully, immediately add the hot cream to the caramel, swirling the pan to combine (the mixture will sputter violently). Return the pan to medium heat and boil, uncovered, until the sauce has reached a light napping consistency (it will coat the back of a spoon evenly).
4. Toss the berries into the sauce, stirring gently to coat. Serve immediately.
NOTES : A combination of ripe fresh berries, bathed in a warm sauce of caramel, cream, and vanilla. You can use any combination of available berries.
from my kitchen to------------------------------->yours..... Dan Klepach