Strawberries And Vanilla Whipped Cream With Liquid Licorice

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 ounces strawberries, washed, dried and quartered
• 1 1/2 ounces sugar
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• zest from one fresh lime
• 5 1/2 ounces water
• 2 ounces black licorice (panda brand preferred)
• 6 ounces angel food cake, crumbled
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 ounces sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 vanilla bean, split and scraped

Recipe

• 1 for the vanilla whipped cream, whisk in a well-chilled stainless steel bowl until soft peaks form.
• 2 for the strawberries, combine strawberries, sugar, lime juice and lime zest in a non-reactive bowl and marinate for 30 minutes, covered with plastic wrap.
• 3 for the licorice water, boil the water and pour over the licorice, cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes. whisk to blend until smooth.
• 4 for the final plate, paint a line of liquid licorice down the center of the plate. place a line of cake crumbs just off to one side of the strip of licorice. place the marinated strawberries on top and along-side the cake crumbs - the cake will soak up some of their juices. sauce with the lightly whipped vanilla cream.
• 5 serve immediately.
• 6 optional-serve with coconut ice cream or strawberry sorbet.