Berries Artesia

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups pinot noir wine (red wine)
• 2 cups apple juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split down the middle and seeds scraped out
• 2 tablespoons arrowroot
• 3 lbs mixed fresh berries (or just one kind, if you like)

Recipe

• 1 rinse berries well and put aside.
• 2 in a heavy saucepan, add the wine, apple juice, bay leaf, sugar and vanilla bean, making sure to add the pod as well as the scraped-out seeds.
• 3 turn heat to medium and bring to a boil. remove from heat, then add arrowroot to thicken. return to the heat and simmer for two minutes. add berries and allow to cool.
• 4 serve over ice cream.