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MARINATED MINT BERRIES

Summer berries marinated in sweet white wine and fresh mint, complimented with Vanilla Ice Cream. Simply beautiful.

Preparation times: 15 mins

Chilling time: 1 hr

Servings: 4

4 scoops of Carte D’Or Vanilla Ice Cream (100g/200ml)

1 vanilla pod, split in half and seeds removed

200ml sweet white wine

100g blueberries

100g raspberries

100g strawberries, hulled and quartered

4 sprigs of mint, leaves removed and roughly chopped

1 tbsp icing sugar

4 small sprigs of mint

PLACE
the vanilla pod in a small pan with the wine over a gentle heat, simmer for 5 minutes. Cool slightly.

PUT the berries in a bowl with the mint and mix together.

POUR the vanilla wine over the berries, cover and refrigerate for at least 60 minutes. Remove vanilla pod.

DIVIDE the marinated berries between 4 dessert dishes.

SCOOP the Carte D’Or Vanilla Ice Cream on top of the berries In each dish.

DUST each dish with icing sugar, add a small with a sprig of mint and serve.

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Monica Costa founded London Mums in September 2006 after her son Diego’s birth together with a group of mothers who felt the need of meeting up regularly to share the challenges and joys of motherhood in metropolitan and multicultural London. London Mums is the FREE and independent peer support group for mums and mumpreneurs based in London https://new.londonmumsmagazine.com and you can connect on Twitter @londonmums
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