Berries With Pepper Sauce

• 1 lemon
• 1 cup sugar
• 23 cup water
• 1 14 cups orange juice
• 1 tablespoon green peppercorn, coarsely crushed
• 1 lb strawberry
• fresh mint leaves (optional)
• half-and-half (optional)

1. Finely grate peel from lemon and put into a saucepan.
2. Squeeze juice from lemon and reserve.
3. Add sugar and water to lemon peel and heat gently, stirring until sugar dissolves.
4. Bring to a boil and boil until syrup turns a light caramel color.
5. Remove from heat and hold pan handle with a cloth as mixture will splatter.
6. Stir in lemon and orange juices.
7. Heat gently, stirring to dissolve caramel.
8. Stir in peppercorns and boil 3-4 minutes or until slightly thickened and syrupy.
9. Allow to cool 2 minutes, then spoon hot syrup over strawberries.
10. Garnish with mint, if desired, and serve at once with half-and-half, if desired.

lemon, sugar, water, orange juice, green peppercorn, strawberry, mint

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/berries-with-pepper-sauce-134690 (may not work)