Strawberries a la colony
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pints | Strawberries |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Cointreau or Grand Marnier |
| ½ | pint | Vanilla ice cream |
| ½ | cup | Heavy cream |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Almond extract |
Directions
1. Gently wash berries in cold water. Drain on paper towels; hull. Turn into serving bowl. Sprinkle with sugar and Cointreau; toss. Chill 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
2. Let ice cream soften in refrigerator about 1 hour.
3. Beat heavy cream just un~ stiff. Fold in almond extract.
4. Gently fold whipped cream and softened ice cream into strawberry mixture. Serve at once. Makes 8 servings.
Recipe by: diane@... (The Colony Restaurant, New York) Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 319 by "Diane Geary" <diane@...> on Nov 27, 1997