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Champagne berries a la flask

Antonio Carluccio from Good Food Bites
For a delicious summer tipple try Paul Young's wonderfully simple recipe for berry-flavoured champagne

Champagne berries a la flask

Method

1. Pour the champagne into a large saucepan and bring to simmering point.

2. Add in the sugar and lemon juice and zest. Scrape out the vanilla seeds and add them together with the pod.

3. Simmer for 2 minutes then turn off the heat.

4. Add the strawberry halves, raspberries, blueberries, red currants and black berries to the hot champagne.

5. Cover and set aside to cool.

6. Blend until the mixture forms a thick 'soup'.

7. Pour into a flask, add the sprig of thyme and chill in the refrigerator overnight.

8. Serve in glasses, garnished with lime wedges.

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Serves: 6-8

Prep: 15 min, plus cooling plus overnight chilling
Cook: 5 min

Ingredients

Ingredients

750ml champagne or sparkling wine
450g caster sugar
grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
half a vanilla pod, slit lengthways
1 punnet of Strawberries, halved
1 punnet of Raspberries
1 punnet of Blueberries
1 punnet of Redcurrants
1 punnet of Blackberries
1 large sprig of Thyme
1 lime, ut into wedges, for garnish