Berries with Warm Sherry Sabayon

Name: Berries with Warm Sherry Sabayon
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons sugar; 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons dry sherry; 1 pint mixed berries, such as blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries, hulled and quartered if necessary; 3 large egg yolks

Choose the ripest and sweetest berries available.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 1997

Servings

Ingredients

5 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons dry sherry
1 pint mixed berries, such as blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries, hulled and quartered if necessary
3 large egg yolks

Directions

1. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons sherry over berries; let stand, tossing gently once or twice, for about 30 minutes.
2. Combine remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/3 cup sherry, and egg yolks in a small bowl; whisk together. Set bowl over pan of simmering water, and continue whisking until tripled in volume, frothy, and warm to the touch, 6 to 8 minutes. Serve berries and sabayon together.