Compote de Fraises (Strawberry Compote)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 250 grammes sugar
- 1 kilo large selected strawberries
- Redcurrant jelly
- Vanilla
Instructions
- Cook 250 grammes of sugar to the boulet.
- Throw in a kilo of large selected strawberries and leave them to macerate, covered, for 10 minutes.
- Dress them in a coupe or on a compotier.
- Bind the syrup lightly with redcurrant jelly and flavour it with vanilla.
- Coat the strawberries with it.