Spiced Roasted Strawberries

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 500 g strawberries, husks removed and washed, if they're big, just cut in half
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split with the seeds scraped out
• fresh cracked black pepper

Recipe

• 1 place strawberries in a large ovenproof dish, stir in all the ingredients making sure the strawberries are well coated.
• 2 roast in a moderate oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 3 serve immediately with plain vanilla ice cream, or to be really decadent, a large dollop of king island cream.
• 4 note: as fresh vanilla bean pods are expensive (thanks very much to coca cola), you can substitute vanilla sugar or vanilla essence, but for a real treat, save up for the fresh pods.