Island Grill, the award-winning sustainable restaurant on the edge of Hyde Park, will be serving ‘Mulled Wine Soup’ for dessert during this year’s festive season as part of the Festive Group dining menu. This carefully curated dish is an innovative and warming celebration of traditional festive spices and tastes like Christmas in a bowl. The chefs have taken this most loved, heart-warming and festive beverage and have used their creative imagination and turned it into an exquisitely sumptuous dessert for all to enjoy (thanks to being booze-free!).

You can now recreate this deliciously unique dessert at home with our step-by-step recipe below, that will not only taste amazing and make your home smell of Christmas but will also impress your guests with a different take on a traditional ritual of the festive season.

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar

3 c. water

2 piece ginger

2 whole star anise

1 tbsp. lemon zest

1 1/2 pt. fresh raspberries

2 tbsp. lemon juice

3/4 lb. apricots

Directions

· Combine the sugar, water, ginger, star anise, zest, and 1 pint raspberries over high heat in a medium saucepan.

· Bring to a boil and cook until sugar is completely dissolved. Mash the berries with a potato masher until they release most of their liquid and strain into a large bowl. Stir in the lemon juice and apricot halves and chill the broth in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

· Finish the soup by stirring the remaining raspberries into the broth. Divide the soup among the bowls and serve immediately.

Keep refrigerated. Can be served both cold and hot.

Island Grill’s Festive Menu features two-courses for £24 (or £34 including a glass of Champagne) and is available for lunch and dinner from 29 November 2019 through to 5 January 2020 (excluding Christmas Day).  

Island Grill is a contemporary restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Hyde Park. It is set within the recently refurbished Royal Lancaster London which unveiled its brand new design following an £85 million renovation. The restaurant is perfectly located for visiting Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland or for Christmas shopping on Oxford Street, Bond Street or in Knightsbridge, making Royal Lancaster London the place to be at Christmas.

Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY
Reservations on 020 7551 6000 or visit wwww.royallancaster.com