Tipsy Cherries and Berries
The perfect start or end to a meal – mint and lavender scented fruit bathed in red wine; simply sublime!
Recipe by: Gabrielle
SERVES: 6
PREP TIME: 10 minutes COOK TIME: 10 minutes REST TIME: 30 minutes TOTAL TIME: 50 minutes
TO PREPARE
Fruit Wine ‘Bath’
- 6 Tbsp. GC Napa Valley Natural Foraged Wild Mint Infused Honey
- ½ cup + 1 cup Gabrielle Collection Vertex Red Cuvée Blend 621, North Coast
- ⅛ tsp. GC Napa Valley Natural Basil Finishing Sea Salt
- ⅛ tsp. GC Napa Valley Natural Grapefruit Pink Peppercorn
Fresh Fruit: Use a combination of seasonal fruit to equal 6 cups
- 1 lb. fresh strawberries, stems removed, halved
- 1 pint fresh blueberries
- 1 pkg. 6 oz. fresh blackberries
- 1 pkg. 6 oz. fresh raspberries
- 18 fresh Bing or Rainier cherries, halved, pitted
Lavender Water: Yield ½ cup
- ½ cup distilled or filtered water
- 1 tsp. GC Napa Valley Natural Culinary Lavender Buds
Garnish and Accents
- 6 tsp. GC Napa Valley Natural Lemon Olive Oil
- 6 mint sprigs, lavender sprigs or basil leaves
- 1 pkg. GC Napa Valley Lavender Lemon White Chocolate Wine Cookies or shortbread cookies
TO SERVE
Fill wine or martini glasses with the fruit and wine. Drizzle a float of 1 tsp. Lemon Olive Oil over each serving. Garnish with a mint sprig, lavender sprig, or basil chiffonade. Serve with a Lavender Lemon White Chocolate Wine Cookie.
SHOPPING LIST
- 1 lb. fresh strawberries
- 1 pint fresh blueberries
- 1 pkg. 6 oz. fresh blackberries
- 1 pkg. 6 oz. fresh raspberries
- 18 fresh Bing or Rainier cherries
- 1 bottle 16 fl. oz. distilled or filtered water
- 1 small bunch mint sprigs or lavender sprigs or basil leaves for garnish
- 1 pkg. shortbread cookies or GC Napa Valley Lavender Lemon White Chocolate Wine Cookies
- 1 bottle Gabrielle Collection Vertex Red Cuvée Blend 621, North Coast (wine in recipe)
