From Show #201N - Honey Brioche Pizza with Fresh Fruit and Coconut

Ingredients:

1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in quarters, preferably from michigan
1/2 cup clover honey, or to taste, preferably from michigan
1 whole vanilla bean, split and scraped
1 tablespoon unsalted "sweet" butter
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, stemmed and coarsley chopped

Directions:

In a large heavy bottom non reactive sauce pan over medium high heat add the strawberries, honey, vanilla and butter. Bring the mixture up to boil then reduce heat to medium high and cook for about 15-20 minutes or until the berries have cooked down and the mixture is syrupy and thick but still chunky.  Place in a clean bowl fold in the mint and let cool.

Refrigerate for 20 minutes, will keep up to 3 months covered in the refrigerator.