Strawberries with lime & long pepper syrup

1 of 5-a-day 10-30 minutes 200 kcal or less 4 servings al fresco low calorie mains quick strawberries and cream strawberry syrup summer summer berries summer dessert summer fruits vitamin c

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Ingredients

2 limes

100g golden caster sugar

5 medium-sized 'long' peppercorns , one crushed and rest left whole (or use 2 tsp crushed black peppercorns)

450g ripe strawberry , hulled and halved, or quartered if large

vanilla or coconut ice cream , to serve

Method

Using a vegetable peeler, pare the zest from 1 lime in long strips. Shave away any white pith from the back of the zest (this can make it bitter), then put the zest in a medium pan. Squeeze both of the limes and add the juice to the pan with 3 tbsp water, the sugar and the crushed and whole peppercorns. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves, boil, then take off the heat.

Spread out the strawberries in a serving dish, then pour over the hot syrup and allow to cool. As this happens, the syrup will become rosy pink. Serve at room temperature with scoops of ice cream.