The colours in this dessert will impress everyone.

Ingredients

• ½ cup sweet white wine (dessert wine)
• ½ cup sugar
• 500 gram bag frozen boysenberries
• 6-8 meringues

Mascarpone Cream

• ½ cup mascarpone
• ½ cup cream, lightly whipped
• 1 tblsp icing sugar (optional)
• ½ tblsp chopped pistachio nuts

Method

1. Put the wine and sugar into a saucepan and simmer together for about 2-3 minutes, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Bring to the boil and add the boysenberries. Turn off the heat and set aside. When cool transfer to a large glass dish. Serve with the meringues decorated with the Mascarpone Cream and pistachio nuts.

Mascarpone Cream

1. Fold the mascarpone into the whipped cream, sweeten if wished.

Cooks Tips

- If you have a vanilla pod on hand, scoop out the seed from half a pod and stir into the Mascarpone Cream.