Rose Mascarpone Cheese with Spice Red Wine Syrup and Strawberry

As I made the Spiced Red Wine Poached Pear which I shared previously in this blog, I have some leftover red wine syrup which I kept in the fridge. So I decided to use up the remaining syrup by turning them into another simple yet delicious dessert. This also comes in handy when you have leftover red wine. Enjoy :)

Ingredients:

1     cup      Spiced red wine syrup (see below)
1/2  cup      Strawberry, hulled and roughly chopped
250 grams  Mascarpone cheese
2     tbsp.    Rose water / essence
2     tbsp.    Icing sugar
1/4  cup      Pine nuts
5                 Cape gooseberry to decorate (optional)

How to do it?

In a container, soak the chopped strawberry in the wine syrup for 40 minutes before serving.

In a mixing bowl, mix Mascarpone cheese, rose water and icing sugar until well incorporated. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Divide the mixture into 5 ice cream glasses. Spoon over the wine syrup and sprinkle some pine nuts. Top each glass with a cape goose berry.

Serve chill.

Notes:

2    cups   Red wine
1/2 cup    Sugar
1              Whole star anise
2               Whole cloves
2               Cinnamon sticks
1               Vanilla bean, split

Combine all the ingredients above in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolve. Bring it to a boil then let it simmer until the syrup is thickens. Leave to cool completely then chill in fridge until you are ready to use it.