Strawberries, Feta, and Walnuts with Fresh Mint
Ingredients
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup sugar
- 8 large fresh mint leaves divided
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 large strawberries hulled and sliced
- 2 ounces firm feta very thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine water and sugar; heat slowly, stirring, to dissolve sugar. Raise heat to simmer, and cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and add 5 mint leaves, slightly bruised to release their flavor. Cool syrup to room temperature; stir in vanilla.
- Fifteen to 20 minutes before serving, discard the mint leaves from the sugar syrup and combine the strawberries with the syrup. To serve, arrange feta on a serving plate; top with strawberries and some of the syrup, walnuts, and remaining mint leaves, cut in chiffonade.
Elaine Khosrova
Elaine Khorova is the original Editor-in-Chief of culture magazine and the current recipe writer extraordinaire. She resides in the Hudson Valley of New York where she is working on a book about the history of butter.
Photographer Mark Ferri
Mark Ferri is a graduate of Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif. He believes in a simple, direct approach that captures the natural beauty and appetite appeal of food. Mark celebrates a life-long passion for food by frequently exploring new restaurants in New York and in Europe, and loves to cook and entertain at his home in the Hudson Valley. Learn more about Mark on his website: http://www.markferriphoto.com/
Stylist Leslie Orlandini
Leslie Orlandini is a chef and an accomplished food stylist in print and television. She has been nominated for both James Beard and Emmy awards and is a veteran of thousands of cooking shows and segments. You can learn more about her through her website: http://leslieorlandini.com/
