Strawberry Panachee

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 cups ripe strawberries, hulled (or other fresh berries)
• 1/4 cup strawberry jam (or raspberry or currant jam)
• 4 shortbread cookies (or other cookies like almond cookies)
• 2/3 cup creme fraiche, divided (or sour cream, or quark)
• 4 sprigs fresh mint (or basil)

Recipe

• 1 cut off the bottom and top of each berry, ending up with about 1 1/4 cups of tops and bottoms. slice the centers of the berries and set aside.
• 2 process the tops and bottoms of the berries with the jam, in a small food processor, until pureed. mix the sliced berry centers into the puree. cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 3 when ready to serve, coarsely crush the cookies in a plastic zip type bag. divide the crumbs among four glass bowls or goblets. spoon about 1/2 of the berry mixture over the crumbs in each bowl/goblet. stir the creme fraiche well and spoon about 1/3 cup of it (in total) on top of the berries. then add the remaining berry mixture to each bowl/goblet. garnish with a dollop of the remaining creme fraiche and a sprig of fresh mint.