Berries With Cointreau

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 300 g fresh strawberries, & washed
• 1 (300 g) packet frozen blueberries
• 1 (300 g) packet frozen mixed berries
• 1 (300 g) packet frozen raspberries
• cointreau liqueur, to taste
• 2 tablespoons arrowroot
• 2 tablespoons honey (or icing sugar)

Recipe

• 1 hull and halve most of the strawberries, leaving some whole for decoration.
• 2 using a clear glass bowl for display add frozen berries and fresh strawberries and mix together, leaving the whole strawberries for later.
• 3 put cointreau, arrowroot and honey into a small saucepan and heat until it starts to thicken, then add about 1/4 of the berries from the glass dish and puree or blend with a stick blender.
• 4 pour pureed berries over the mixed berries in the glass bowl and mix well, keeping the whole strawberries on top for decoration.
• 5 taste now before chilling and adjust flavours, by adding more cointreau and sweetener if necessary - i usually just add icing sugar instead of more honey.
• 6 cover with cling wrap and chill then serve with ice-cream or whipped cream.