Orange-drizzled Strawberries

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 pints fresh strawberries
• 1/2 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon (or sugar substitute)
• 1 tablespoon cointreau liqueur or 1 tablespoon orange liqueur (optional)
• 2 cups orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated oranges or 1 tablespoon lemon, zest of
• 1/3 cup shelled pistachios, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 rinse the strawberries and remove the hulls.
• 2 cut into halve or quarters.
• 3 in a large bowl, toss the berries with 1 tbsp of the sugar (or sugar substitute) and the cointreau or other orange liqueur.
• 4 cover and transfer to the refrigerator to chill, at least 1 hour, or up to 4 hours, stirring from time to time.
• 5 in a medium saucepan, combine the orange juice, 1/2 cup sugar (or sugar substitute), and the orange or lemon zest.
• 6 bring to a boil over high heat.
• 7 reduce the heat to medium-high and simmer until thick, syrupy, and liquid reduced to 1/2 cup- about 20 minutes.
• 8 set a small bowl inside a larger bowl filled with half-ice and half cold water.
• 9 strain the reduced orange juice into the small bowl and stir until chilled.
• 10 spoon the strawberries into dessert dishes and drizzle liberally with the orange syrup.
• 11 sprinkle with pistachios and serve.