Dessert Recipes - Strawberries Marquise Recipe

Ingredients

• 450 g/1 lb strawberries, thickly sliced

• 45 ml/3 tbsp icing (confectioners') sugar

• 30 ml/2 tbsp kirsch

• 1 small fresh pineapple

• 1 egg white

• 450 ml/2 cups double (heavy) cream

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Method:

1. Put the strawberries in a shallow dish. Sprinkle with 15 ml/1 tbsp of the sugar and the kirsch. Cover and chill for 2 hours.

2. Meanwhile, cut all the rind off the pineapple. Slice the flesh and remove the thick central core. Chop the fruit.

3. Whisk the egg white until stiff, then whisk in the remaining sugar until stiff and glossy. Whip the cream until stiff.

4. Fold the egg white, then the chopped pineapple into the cream and spoon into a serving dish. Spoon the macerated strawberries over and serve.