Fruit Carpaccio with Minty Strawberries

Fruit Carpaccio is a play on traditional meat carpaccio. This Fruit Carpaccio with Minty Strawberries is so much fun, elegant and super tasty!I really like using fruit to make a “carpaccio” of sorts. And this Strawberry Carpaccio is beautiful and delicious.

What is Carpaccio?

Traditionally carpaccio is super thinly sliced or pounded meat or fish. It’s served raw, and usually as a first course. My fruit Carpaccio is simply a fun play on this.

What’s in Fruit Carpaccio with Minty Strawberries

• strawberries
• fresh mint
• sugar
• water
• goat cheese

As we all know, the way we slice foods in different ways can affect the overall experience.

When we thinly slice strawberries they make for a lovely and elegant presentation.

When to Serve Fruit Carpaccio

This Minty Strawberry Carpaccio is a lovely appetizer or dessert for a summer dinner party.

Recipe Tips

• The amount of sugar you add will depend on the sweetness of your strawberries. Taste them before you begin!
• The longer you let the strawberries marinate, the more intense the mint flavor will be.
• The goat cheese is delicious with strawberries and mint — however, if you’d like to keep this dish vegan, skip it. 
• If you want to add a bit more pizazz, add finely chopped pistachios or macadamia nuts for garnish.

Enjoy!

More fruit carpaccio recipes:

• Citrus Carpaccio with Yuzu Dressing
• Green Tomato Peach Carpaccio

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Fruit Carpaccio with Minty Strawberries

Prep Time

1 hr 10 mins

Cook Time

1 min

Total Time

1 hr 11 mins

 

Fruit Carpaccio is a play on traditional meat carpaccio. This Fruit Carpaccio with Minty Strawberries is so much fun, elegant and super tasty!

Course: Appetizer, First Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: fresh fruit desserts, appetizers for parties

Servings: 2

Calories: 73 kcal

Author: Valentina K. Wein

Ingredients

• ¼ cup water
• 1 to 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• about ½ cup loosely packed mint leaves, washed and dried
• 1 cup strawberries, washed and dried, thinly sliced (about 1/8-inch thick)
• 1 tablespoon goat cheese, crumbled

Instructions

1. Add the water, sugar and mint leaves to a small saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil and then immediately remove from the stove. This will be a minty syrup -- let it cool until it's warm, but not cold.
2. Place the sliced strawberries in a small to medium-sized bowl or glass container and pour the syrup over them.
3. Let the strawberries marinate at room temperature for 1 hour and up to overnight in the refrigerator.
4. Drain the strawberries from the liquid and mint leaves (save the minty syrup), and arrange them in a layered, circular pattern between two small plates.
5. Add about half of the goat cheese to each plate, and drizzle with some of the remaining syrup. For a lovely green touch, you can add fresh mint leaves (that have not been in the marinade), to the plates.

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