Strawberry Desserts

Strawberry Info

• About 200 seeds called the Achene.
• Cold water bath, THEN cut
• Remove tip  – Remove leaf, then use piping bag to remove plug
• Put washed, tipped strawberries in red wine to prevent browning.  Add honey and let marinate 2 hours
• Add sugar to macerate and make them softer – refrigerate
• To freeze strawberries, clean them (don’t stem them) and put in the back of the fridge to get really cold – layer between paper towels – freeze by mixing with crushed dry ice in a pan, then place in a cooler (not latched) – move to a zip lock and then freeze for up to 12 months

Strawberry Chocolate

Ingredients

• 3/4 C Ricotta cheese
• 1/4 C Grated dark chocolate
• Zest (fine) from one lemon
• 1/2 C powdered sugar
• Nice big strawberries

Step by Step

1. Mix first four ingredients
2. Pipe a base pile of filling on a plate
3. Slice an X in tip of strawberry
4. Place upside down on the pile (for stability)
5. Pipe cream inside the strawberry
6. Garnish with powdered sugar and mint leaves

Summer Berry Pudding

• Cleaned, sliced and macerated strawberries
• 8 slices of brioche or hallah – two lightly buttered

1. Use muffin rings to cut 8 rounds out of the brioche, doing the buttered piece last, so it is on the bottom, face down
2. Place 2 muffin rings on the parchment paper, butter side down and put the rings over top of the brioche rounds
3. Put in about 2 TBL strawberries in each
4. Add a second bread layer and more strawberries
5. One more time (third layer)
6. Add the final (fourth) bread layer
7. Add a canning lid, then put a can of food or soda on top to gently press down
8. Refrigerate 8-12 hours
9. Remove ring, then pipe clotted cream over the top
10. Top with a fresh strawberry