| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 cups Gallo Chianti
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries
- 1 1/2 cups strawberries, sliced
- 1 1/2 cups raspberries
- 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 pound cake, sliced into 1 inch thick slices (should have 8 slices total)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 whole strawberries
Instructions
- In a saucepan, combine the Chianti and the sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and reduce by 2/3. Remove from the heat and cool completely. In a large bowl, combine the berries, the lemon juice and the cooled wine syrup. Refrigerate for 2 hours, up to 24 hours. Whip the cream to soft peaks. Add the confectioner’s sugar and vanilla and whip to medium stiff peaks. Place one slice of pound cake on 4 plates. Top each slice with 1/2 cup of the red wine macerated berries. Place another slice of pound cake on top of the berries. Top with another 1/2 cup of berries. Top each with a dollop of whipped cream. Garnish with 1 whole strawberry.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 461 |
| Total Fat | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Carbohydrates | 61 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Sugar | 50 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 90 mg |
| Sodium | 71 mg |
Reviews
I made this dessert a few days ago (I am an accomplished cook and have taken many cooking classes, just so you know I’m not a beginner or anything). The first thing I didn’t like was how long it took for the wine to cook down, but that wasn’t really the main problem. When I came out with the finished product it tasted so horrible I couodn’t even finish one piece of it! What a waste, a $16 bottle of wine, and all the berries were probably $12, plus the cost of the pound cake and whipping cream, I wasted almost $40 trying to make this recipe! Anyways, I can’t imagine anybody likeing this, even if you were a wine lover. And besides that, I used a decent wine purchased at Whole Foods, who would pay more for using a whole bottle of wine for one dessert?