Grappa-Soused Summer Fruit

9 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup grappa or other brandy
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • Zest of 1/2 lemon, in strips
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 10 mint leaves, torn in half
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon fresh coarsely ground black pepper
  • 2 cups strawberries, hulled and cut in half if large
  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 4 large figs, cut into quarte

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix grappa with sugar in a large nonreactive bowl until sugar dissolves.
  2. 2
    Add lemon zest, lemon juice, mint and pepper.
  3. 3
    Add fruit; toss, and let sit 2 hours at room temperature.
  4. 4
    Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
  5. 5
    For more intense grappa flavor in fruit, macerate overnight in refrigerator.
  6. 6
    Serve on its own or with vanilla ice cream and butter cookies.

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