Strawberries With Mint Whipped Cream

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups packed fresh mint leaves, and stems coarsely chopped, plus sprigs for garnish
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 quart strawberry, hulled and thinly sliced
• 1/8 cup toasted chopped almonds or 1/8 cup toasted chopped macadamia nuts or 1/8 cup toasted chopped cashews

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring sugar, mint, and 2 tablespoons water to a boil.
• 2 remove from heat; steep 15 minutes.
• 3 strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a measuring cup, pressing to extract as much liquid as possible.
• 4 discard solids.
• 5 let cool (makes about a cup).
• 6 meanwhile, in a large bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks form.
• 7 gently fold in cup of a syrup (store any remaining syrup); if needed, re-whip cream to stiffen.
• 8 starting with strawberries, spoon alternating layers of strawberries and cream into four serving glasses. (you can use martini glasses or champagne flutes.).
• 9 top each with a mint sprig and chopped toasted almonds (optional).
• 10 *you can also use the mint syrup to sweeten iced tea or lemonade. for a bracing cocktail, add a splash to a glass filled with seltzer, vodka, and lemon.