Fourth Place Winner: Fruity Wine and Vanilla Parfait

The Fourth Place Winner of the first ever JT's Artist Oven Contest was Swati Dubey with her incredible Fruity Wine and Vanilla Parfait.  Swati is an architect and says that being so has made her creative in many spheres of her life, including cooking! She describes herself as "young vintage of twenty eight, mentally ancient, embryonic writer, vulnerable dreamer, avid listener, adequate friend, elder sister, silent and composed under normal circumstances, full-time vegetarian, agnostic thinker, amateur philosopher, aspiring traveler, passable intelligence, bearable sense of humor, unexceptional student and loving life!!" Thanks for the great recipe Swati!

Swati's Amazing Fruity Wine and Vanilla Parfait

Ingredients:

1 cup red wine (preferably sweet)

1/3 tsp vanilla essence

2 tsp granulated sugar

1/2 cup Whipped cream

1/4 cup Vanilla ice cream

1 tsp chopped pistachios

1 cup fruits cut into small squares- peach,plum, raspberry, apple, blackberry

1 Cherry can for garnishing

Directions:

1) Pour in wine, vanilla essence and sugar and bring it to boil for 15 mins.

2) Stir in fruits into wine mixture and let them absorb the mixture.

3) Let them cool and refrigerate for about 15 mins.

4) Separately, beat vanilla ice cream and whipping cream until soft.

5) In a glass, layer 1/8 of fruit mixture, 1/8 whipped cream and 1/8 pistachios. Repeat layers and top with fresh fruits and cherries.