Roasted Strawberries

Recipe: The Perfect Ice Cream Topping

Exactly how macerating strawberries draws out their natural sweetness, roasted strawberries also concentrate their natural flavour. So this Valentine's Day, pick one of the simplest strawberry recipes and make this sweet, preservative-free topping for your desserts. What the oven does to the fresh and juicy strawberries is remove much of the berries’ water, letting the heat concentrate and caramelise their sugars, giving a deeper, richer strawberry taste. The hot oven softens the fruit and thickens its juices into a jammy, intensely sweet syrup you won’t get from the fresh fruit alone. You get a sweet dessert topping perfect for ice cream, pancakes or chocolate treats