Recipe: Maltese style Strawberries

1 Cut a thin slice from top and bottom of each orange so that that can stay vertical on a plate.

2 Cut them in 2 horizontally then take the pulp off with a large spoon and keep the pulp in a salad bowl (take your time but do it well).

3 Press the pulp to get the juice

4 Wash the strawberries, take away their stalks and cut each strawberry in 2 halfes vertically in a salad bowl.

5 Add, in the bowl of strawberries, the sugar, the brandy (not for children) and the orange juice. Cover with cling film and keep into the fridge for a couple of hours.

5 Presentation : put a half orange shell onto the middle of each bowl filled (the bowl) with crushed ice, fill each orange shell with the marinated strawberries, sprinkle with a little pepper (not for young children) and decorate with a few mint leaves. If you can afford it, offer a cup of well cooled Champagne with each bowl (not for children of course).

You will then, maybe, taste a little bit of paradise