Grilled strawberries and cream with pepper and basil

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Grilled strawberries and cream with pepper and basil

‘Wow’ is all I could say last summer in London when I tried grilled strawberries with clotted cream ice cream with a jug of Pimm’s on the side. I promise this will be your go-to dessert until the weather turns, says chef Matt Wilkinson.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup firmly packed basil leaves, plus extra to serve
  • 2 tbs raw sugar
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 500g strawberries
  • Freshly cracked black peppercorns and vanilla bean ice cream, to serve

              Method

              1. Using a mortar and pestle, pound the basil leaves, sugar and a pinch of salt flakes until a paste forms. Stir through the lemon juice.
              2. Preheat a chargrill pan or barbecue to high heat. Grill strawberries, turning, for 1-2 minutes or until grill marks are visible.
              3. Arrange the strawberries on serving plates and drizzle over the basil syrup. Scatter with black pepper and serve with ice cream and extra basil

              Recipe by Matt Wilkinson