Berries With Pepper Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

1. Finely grate peel from lemon and put into a saucepan.
2. Squeeze juice from lemon and reserve.
3. Add sugar and water to lemon peel and heat gently, stirring until sugar dissolves.
4. Bring to a boil and boil until syrup turns a light caramel color.
5. Remove from heat and hold pan handle with a cloth as mixture will splatter.
6. Stir in lemon and orange juices.
7. Heat gently, stirring to dissolve caramel.
8. Stir in peppercorns and boil 3-4 minutes or until slightly thickened and syrupy.
9. Allow to cool 2 minutes, then spoon hot syrup over strawberries.
10. Garnish with mint, if desired, and serve at once with half-and-half, if desired.