Strawberries and Grapes with Balsamic and Red Wine Reduction

Name: Strawberries and Grapes with Balsamic and Red Wine Reduction
Yield: Makes 6 cups
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, balsamic vinegar; 1/4 cup, dry red wine; 1/4 cup, granulated sugar; Pinch, table salt; 3 , whole cloves; 1 tablespoon, grated lemon zest; 1 tablespoon, lemon juice; 1/4 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 quart, fresh strawberries, hulled and halved lengthwise (about 4 cups); 9 ounces (255 grams), red seedless grapes (large), each grape halved pole to pole (about 2 cups)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2001, America's Test Kitchen TV

Good fruit salads shouldn't taste like sugary desserts. We found that sweet-tart dressings brighten flavors rather than cloaking them.

SERVES Makes 6 cups

TIME 35 minutes

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