Cold Strawberry Soup

Ingredients

• 200 ml lovely white wine
• 200 ml clear apple juice
• 1 lemon (juice)
• 0.5 cinnamon stick
• 0.5 Vanilla pod
• 1 cardamom pod
• 600 g strawberries
• 0.25 tsp agar-agar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Bring the wine, apple juice, lemon juice, cinnamon, split vanilla pod and squeezed cardamom pod to a boil. Let it steep on low heat for about 10 minutes.

2. 2.

   Wash, trim, cut the strawberries into pieces and place them in a bowl.

3. 3.

   Whisk 2 tbsp cold water with agar-agar and stir into the liquid. Simmer for about 2 minutes, then strain over the strawberries through a fine sieve. Mix well and cool. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving. The chilled soup should be only slightly thickened; add a little more cold water if needed.

4. 4.

   Serve in glasses.