June
Easy
2 prs.
30 min.
Wild strawberry infused wine
- 300g fresh strawberries (or raspberries)
- 20g elder or chamomile flower
- 1 stick of cinnamon
- 15g ginger
- 8g galangal root
- 80g cane sugar
- A bottle of white wine
- Mix the sugar and strawberries in a bowl, and leave it for an hour.
- Grate the ginger and galangal root.
- Sprinkle ginger, galangal root, cinnamon, and elderflowers over the strawberries.
- Wrap the bowl in plastic wrap and leave it at room temperature overnight.
- The next day, add white wine to the bowl, and wrap it in plastic again. Leave it at room temperature overnight.
- Strain the wine into a bottle, and it’s ready to enjoy!
Tips
You can drink the wine chilled, or use it as an ingredient in other dishes.
Thorsten Schmidt
Restaurant Barr
Thorsten Schmidt is a Danish chef known for his sense of culinary adventure and love for experimentation. Raised in Jutland and trained in both Germany and France, Schmidt believes food to be a potential vehicle of cultural identity, pride and nostalgia. His former restaurant, Malling & Schmidt, served some of the most influential and inventive Danish food in the country. Schmidt is now a co-founder and partner of restaurant Barr. A collaboration between Schmidt and René Redzepi in the former noma restaurant space, Barr offers a convivial setting in which to enjoy high-quality comfort food and drink traditions of the North Sea.
