I have some spare strawberries and I am bored, what can I do with them?!
I have some spare strawberries and I am bored, what can I do with them?
Can I have some really good strawberry recipes please, Looking for original ideas and will reward 10 pts =] x
Answers:
Strawberry shortcake
225g [8oz] self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
50g [2oz] butter or margarine
25g [1oz] caster sugar
1 medium egg
5 tbsps milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
For the filling . . .
225g strawberries
150ml double or whipping cream
3 tbsp greek yoghurt
icing sugar
Heat oven to 220°c,425°F,,gas mark 7. Prepare the baking tray. Sift the flour & baking powder into a bowl. Cut the butter into cubes, then rub into the flour & baking powder until resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and make a hollow in the middle. Mix eggs and vanilla together and add into hollow and mix to make a dough.
Roll the dough out and make a circle shape [around 8in width] and bake for about 12-15 mins.
Rinse & dry the strawberries and cut into thick slices
Take the shortcake out of the oven, when cool, cut in half horrizontally.
Slice the top half into 8 wedges.
Pour the cream into a bowl, whisk until thick then add yoghurt. Spread half of the cream onto bottom half of the cake, add strawberries, then use the rest of the cream.
Prepare the wedges on top and sift icing sugar over to serve.
++Strawberry cream gateau++
4 oz. self-raising flour
pinch salt
4 oz. butter or margarine
4 oz. caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
For the filling & decoration:
8 oz. strawberrys
1/2 pint double cream
Sieve flour & salt. Cream fat & sugar until light & fluffy, then beat in eggs. Fold in dry ingredients with a metal spoon. Divide equally between 2 well greased 6-7inch sandwich tins. Bake in centre of a moderate oven for 25-30 mins.
Hull the strawberries, reserve half for decorating the top and roughly chop the rest. Whip the cream until it leaves a trail from the whisk
Pull the cakes together filling the centre with half of the cream and all of the chopped strawberries. Place the whole strawberries on top of the cake and, using a large star tube, swirl cream aroud the strawberries. As an alternative, when strawberries are not in season, use a tin of peaches, well drained.
If your bored throw them at your friends, LOL
If you have some chocolate, melt it and dip.
You can eat them right away or let the chocolate set..........yum
I have just put some fresh strawberries in a jug with frozen blueberries, raspberries and some apple juice and used a hand blender - it makes a fab smoothie!
Cut the strawberries up into slices. And get a bowl and put them in the bowl. Then pour milk over them and some sugar. Stir it all together and let it sit in the refridgerator.
This sauce can be used to spoon over yogurt with fresh strawberries, ice cream, pound cake or your favorite dessert. Great as topping for pancakes and waffles too.
2/3 cup sugar
1 pint strawberries, washed and hulled
1/3 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Place sugar and 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan, stir and bring to a boil. Simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Allow the syrup to cool completely. Hasten cooling by setting pan in a shallow bowl of ice water.
Place half the berries in the jar of a blender; add lemon juice and all the cooled syrup. Puree until smooth.
Press through fine sieve to remove some of the strawberry seeds, if desired.
Coarsely chop remaining strawberries and add to strawberry puree. Serve.
Can be stored refrigerated, in tightly covered containers for up to 4 days.
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And my favourtie!!! Chocolate covered strawberries!!!
INGREDIENTS
16 ounces milk chocolate chips
2 tablespoons shortening
1 pound fresh strawberries with leaves
DIRECTIONS
Insert toothpicks into the tops of the strawberries.
In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and shortening, stirring occasionally until smooth. Holding them by the toothpicks, dip the strawberries into the chocolate mixture.
Turn the strawberries upside down and insert the toothpick into styrofoam for the chocolate to cool
MARGARITA'S. I'll be right there to show you how to make em.
Eat them with melted marshmellows. It's really good. Make a cheesecake out of them. Put them in ice cream. Strawberyy milkshake or smoothie.
You need Champagne my friend, nowt better.
Rinse and top them and place them (1 cup at a time) in 1 quart zip-lock bags with a dash of lemon or lime juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar then freeze flat for later use as ice in lemonade/punch,to make sorbet or even to bake a pie or make jelly. They will keep this way for about 4-6 months. Be sure to label them with the date so you know when to toss them if you don't use them up. Good Luck!
Pack them up with some cream and sugar and send them round here, please!
If you're bored. Put them inside some balloons and fill up with water. Get friends over. Throw at each other. Collect strawberries. Whoever has the most, wins. Very Fun. Not to be played inside. Very wet!
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well i don't know if you will get it i wish i could show you with pics. but-
-with a small paring knife hold at a 60 degree angle and go -around and cut the top of the strawberry off
-and than you will have a bowl shape cut out on top your berri
-fill with whipped cream and shave chocolate on top .
i do this to strawberries all the time and i just LOVE It !!!!!
you can also fill the hole with
ice cream
chocolate
or chocolate moose
hope i help you !
have fun
Hmm.. cut them up and put them in a bowl. Add 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of water and chill in the fridge. Get some pound cake and slice it up and serve with the strawberries. I also like to make Strawberry kool-aid and add fresh strawberries, or also fresh squeezed lemonade with strawberries :)
Lots of fun!
Make a cocktail with them...Strawberry Basil Mojito's are THE BEST.
Rum
Strawberries
Fresh basil
Ginger ale
Sugar/Simple Syrup
Crush/Mash/Grind (whatever u want to call it) strawberries and basil together in bottom of a tall glass using sugar/syrup as the abrasive. Fill mostly with rum and top with ginger ale. TRUST ME it's the best cocktail you'll ever taste.
strawberry shortcake. its original and its very delicious!
Fruit rollup
a jello idea from several years back
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Melt some chocolate and dip the strawberries then refrigerate. If you like pancakes, chop up the strawberries and throw them in the batter...mmm...so good!!
Make some strawberry shortcake
50g caster sugar
100g butter
150g plain flour
a few chopped strawberries
Mix sugar, butter, flour till breadcrumb consistency, add strawberries. Bring mixture together with your hands to form a ball. Spread in the bottom of a greased round oven dish, Put in oven for 20mins. Cut into triangles as soon as it comes out then leave to set before removing from dish. Serve with vanilla ice-cream and strawberry syrup. yummy!!
(you can use cherries instead of strawberries and have it as a snack with a cup of tea)
a mexican favorite!
*** fresas con crema ***
- slice up your strawberries
- add a cup or so of sour cream
- sprinkle in some sugar
- mash everything up so that the cream turns pink, but the strawberries are not completely disintegrated.
- chill in the fridge for about an hour and a half at least.
DELICIOUS!
if you have a blender, try a smoothie. put in some vanilla or another fruit yogurt, some ice, maybe some orange juice and blend! they are really good
put some sugar on the strawberries let it soak in for an hour then take some double cream ,whip until thick, now fold into the cream some crushed meringue and your strawberries serve in an ice cold glass dish delicious
Make Eaton Mess:
Strawberry
meringue
fresh cream
Whip the fresh cream until it becames quite stiff add some icing sugar. In a big bowl break up the pieces of meringue, add the chopped strawberries and the whipped cream .
Eat immediately and wipe the drool from your mouth...
J
I just had some yesterday, yum! I sliced them into a bowl, sprinkled on some sugar and let them sit for a couple hours. I spooned them over vanilla ice cream, a perfect dessert for such a hot day.
It may sound a little out of fashion but try making some jam. By preserving your srawberries you can eat them when ever you like and use it in cakes,on toast, on pancakes etc. Home made jam's fantastic.
AllRecpies.com they have pages & pages of recipes!! I just made a great strawberry dessert!!!
strawberries and cream or melt chocolate and dip them
Creamy Strawberry Pie
1 graham cracker crumb crust
1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed
1 small box strawberry gelatin
1 cup chopped strawberries
2/3 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
Ice cubes
In a large bowl, stir boiling water and gelatin for 2 minutes or until gelatin is completely dissolved.
Mix cold water and ice cubes to make 1 1/4 cups; add to dissolved gelatin, stirring until slightly thickened.
Stir in Cool Whip and strawberries with a whisk until smooth. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until gelatin will mound. Spoon filling into pie crust and refrigerate until firm or about 4 hours.
Garnish with fruit and serve.