wild strawberries and vanilla cream

Wild strawberries and vanilla cream

A British summer hero

wild strawberries and vanilla cream

10 mins plus maceration time

Super easy

serves 4

About the recipe


nutrition per serving

145

Calories


12.6g

Fat


8.5g

Saturates


7g

Sugars


0.03g

Salt


1.1g

Protein


7.2g

Carbs


0.5g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Ingredients

4 handfuls of wild strawberries

1 tablespoon caster sugar

1 vanilla pod, scored lengthways and seeds scraped out

a splash of sherry vinegar

1 x pot crème fraîche

a few small, fresh mint leaves

zest of 1 orange

Method

  1. Nothing says summer like strawberries and cream – the vanilla cream recipe is a sweet little touch.
  2. Pick out the nicest strawberries and set aside. Put the rest in a bowl and add the sugar, half the vanilla seeds and the vinegar. Squash together with the back of a fork and leave to macerate for 10–15 minutes.
  3. Stir the rest of the vanilla seeds into the crème fraîche. To serve, spoon a little vanilla cream in the centre of each bowl, make a well in the middle and spoon in some mushed strawberries. Halve some of the reserved strawberries and sprinkle the lot over the vanilla cream. Scatter over the mint leaves and orange zest then serve.

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