What is a good recipe that uses a lot of strawberries?!
I don't want to waste them and throw them away, so can you give me a good recipe that uses a lot of strawberries? (I have 25 or maybe more)
Preferably recipes that you like/have tried, anything from desserts to smoothies to meals..!
Answers: I bought a bunch of strawberries but couldn't finish them fast enough. They're starting to get bruised and I don't like to eat them when they get dark. (they aren't rotting or squishy though)
I don't want to waste them and throw them away, so can you give me a good recipe that uses a lot of strawberries? (I have 25 or maybe more)
Preferably recipes that you like/have tried, anything from desserts to smoothies to meals..!
Strawberry mousse - DIVINE!
1 punnet strawberries - wash and hull.
Blend until pureed with 1/2 a cup of Castor sugar(or according to taste)and 2 teaspoons lemon juice.
Pour into a dish.Add in 1 bottle 250-300ml size of fresh cream.Beat Using an electric hand beater. .
Dissolve 6 level teaspoons of gelatin in 1/4 cup of water.Heat in microwave or gently on stove until melted.
Using an electric beater, pour the gelatin in a thin stream into the strawberry mixture.Beat for about 10 minutes.
Place bowl in fridge for 1/2 hour.
Now beat 2 egg whites stiff .
Fold into strawberry mixture.
Spray a plastic jelly mould to grease it.Pour mixture in.Refrigerate for a couple of hours or even better, overnight.
Unmould and decorate by piling some strawberries dipped in chocolate in the centre of the mould.LOOKS FABULOUS!
If you don't have a jelly mould just set it in a dessert bowl and decorate with some whipped fresh cream.
*Some tips!
Make strawberry sorbet - easy, healthy and yum!
Make strawberry jam!
OR
Wash and hull strawberries.Chop if you like or leave.Drain and place on a tray.Freeze for an hour.Empty into little plastic bags and return to freezer. Use as desired, some ideas are:
*To blend into smoothies
*Add to muffins
*Make into compote to serve with cheesecake or ice - cream or pancakes.
*To add to homemade ice-cream
Mine were perfect to use after 7 months in the freezer!
Hope this helps!
From:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1813,1521...
8 MINUTE STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE
EASIEST
make a good choclate paste,
200 gms choclate, 25 gms butter, milk cream 50 gms, little milk and sugar as per taste.
Make a thick choclate paste or puree as you like
Pour and mix it with straberries, deep freeze...decorate with icing sugar and anything you like
This is DEFINITELY the best!
*Strawberries (25, right?)
*Bananas(for using all the strawberries, i think you would need about 3 whole bananas.)
*Yogurt or Fruit juice
*Ice(optional, use ice if you want a nice, icy smoothy. If you want a thick smoothy, don't add the ice)
Mix all ingredients into blender, and enjoy!
1 box of white cake mix
1 tube of strawberry Jell
one tub of whip cream
bake the cake let it cool
Put the Strawberry jell on the cake
slice strawberries and put all over the cake
take the whip cream and smooth all over the strawberries.
buy a pie shell and bake it
put some strawberry jell in the bottom add strawberries and then some more jell and then add some whip cream all over the top.
Brownie Pizza
1 (20-ounce) box fudge brownie mix (recommended: Duncan Hines)
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
2 tablespoons sugar
2 banana, sliced
1 cup fresh strawberries sliced
Marshmallows
Maraschino cherries
1 cup chopped nuts
Coconut
Chocolate syrup, for drizzling
Whipped cream
Mint, for garnish
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 15-inch pizza pan.
Prepare brownie mix according to directions on box. Pour onto prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until done. Remove from oven and cool.
Beat cream cheese while adding pineapple and sugar together in a bowl. Spread mixture over brownie crust. Arrange banana, strawberry slices, marshmallows, and cherries over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with nuts and coconut. Drizzle with chocolate syrup. Add whipped cream on top and mint for garnish. To serve, slice as you would a pizza and enjoy!
White Chocolate Strawberry Pie
1 9-inch pie crust
1 2/3 cups milk
1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
1 3-ounce package vanilla pudding and pie filling mix, not instant
3/4 cup white vanilla chips
1/2 pint whipping cream
1 quart fresh strawberries
3 tablespoons white vanilla chips
2 teaspoons oil
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Line pan with pie crust and bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Meanwhile, combine milk and gelatin in medium saucepan and mix well. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in pudding mix. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Add cup vanilla chips to pudding mixture and stir occasionally until melted. Place plastic wrap over surface of pudding and refrigerate 1 hour tocool.
In small bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of whipped cream into cooled pudding mixture. Fold in remaining whipping cream. Spoon pudding mixture into cooled baked pie shell; spread evenly. Remove stems of strawberries being careful to not cut berries. Place strawberries, pointed ends up, on filling, gently press into filling.
In small saucepan heat 3 tablespoon vanilla chips and oil over low heat until melted, stirring constantly until smooth. Drizzle over strawberries. Refrigerate at least three hours or until serving time.
freeze teh strawberries and get some cranberry juice or berry juice
get 1 cup of the juice
8 strawberries with the top off
10 ice cubes
crush
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Make a crust out of crushed pretzels, a little sugar and melted butter. Press it into a 9x12.....then take 2 blocks cream cheese, beat it with some sugar, vanilla and lemon juice. Spread over cooled crust (bake that crusted, once in pan, in a 350 oven for about 5-10 minutes until set). After spreading cream cheese mixture, top with sliced strawberries, then top with some strawberry syrup (found in produce section next to chocolate fruit dip). Then, last but not least, top that with some whipped cream, dot it or make a design. Cut into bars for a delicious treat!
One GREAT way to eat strawberries is in strawberry short cake. A good recipe is the one inside a bisquick box.
Another favorite is one of my own invention. Put about 4 scoops of vanilla ice cream in a blender, add about 8 medium sized pieces of ice. Add about 10 strawberries (without the leaves) and 1 or 2 bananas. Pour about 8 ounces of sprite over the other ingredients. Blend the mixture until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy!!!
Strawberry Freeze from kraftfoods.com -- you can make it slightly healthier by subbing low fat cool whip and neufchatel cheese (aka "1/3 less fat").
I have made this a few times for cookouts, and it is always a smash hit (recipe link below)
Strawberry Cake
It's almost strawberry picking time!
white cake mix
strawberry gelatin dessert (small - remove and reserve 2 tablespoons)
1 cup thawed strawberries (or 1 cup fresh sweetened)
4 eggs
1/3 cup water
2/3 cups oil
Preheat oven to 350°.
Mix all ingredients well. Bake in three greased and floured pans for 25 minutes (test for doneness with toothpick). Cool layers.
Icing:
3 cups powdered sugar
1 stick butter melted
? cups thawed (or fresh sweetened) strawberries
2 tablespoons gelatin dessert (left from layers)
Melt butter, add sugar, strawberries and gelatin dessert. Bring to a bubble boil, stirring constantly until consistency to spread. Remove from heat and spread between layers and over cake. Place whole strawberries on top of cake.