Fresh Strawberries with Sweet Sour Cream and Red Wine Sauce

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting plus more
• 1.5 cups cup heavy whipping cream sour refrigerated
• 3 cups full-bodied red wine 
• 4  to 5 strips orange peel 1-inch wide, 3-inches long
• 0.3 cup liqueur orange-flavored recommended: Grand Marnier
• 2 pints strawberries fresh
• 1.5 cups sugar 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• mixing bowl

Directions

1. In a large saucepan add red wine, sugar, orange peel and orange-flavored liqueur. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes over low-heat until slightly syrupy and liquid has reduced by half. Set aside and cool in the refrigerator. Strain.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the sour cream with confectioners' sugar. Take a large platter and make a smear of the sweet sour cream. Arrange the strawberries with the bottoms down in the sour cream.
3. Pour over the red wine sauce and dust the entire plate with confectioners' sugar.