Strawberries Romanoff
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 15 minutes plus 1 hour macerating time
Cooking time: 0 minutes
- 250g/8.8ozs strawberries
- 4 tablespoons caster or superfine sugar
- 4 tablespoons Grand Marnier
- 1 cup pure cream
- 1/3 cup sour cream (full fat)
- 1/4 cup icing or powdered sugar
- Mint leaves to serve
Step 1 - Mix the caster sugar and Grand Marnier in a bowl. Wash and hull the strawberries and cut them in half and place in the bowl. Gently toss in the Grand Marnier syrup and allow to macerate for 1 hour.
Step 2 - Whip the cream with the icing sugar until soft peaks. Add in the sour cream and whip until stiff. Place in a piping bag with a star tip (#15).
Step 3 - Take two glasses. Pipe some cream in the centre bottom of the glass and place the strawberry halves around the edge (cut side facing outwards). Layer more cream and strawberries (you can also spoon some of the Grand Marnier syrup into the glass to fill the crevices). Then once you've reached the top of the glass, place a strawberry half in the centre and pipe cream around it and place the strawberries around this. Repeat with the smaller strawberries halves on another layer on top. You can also dust these with icing sugar and add mint leaves and edible flowers.