Strawberries and Grapes with Balsamic and Red Wine Reduction

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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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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For the best summer fruit salad recipe, we dressed our fruit with a gastrique, a sauce made by means of a quick acid-sugar reduction, to create complex layers of flavor along with dazzling color and sheen.

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