In Season: Strawberries
Photograph from BigBerto on Flickr
With strawberries now in season, there is no excuse not to use them as often as possible. Slice them up into cereal, put them on top of a waffle, or just eat them out of hand. But don't feel constrained by the traditional breakfast uses of these lovely berries. We've put together some recipes that use strawberries not only for breakfast and dessert but in more savory contexts. Recipes, tips, and ideas--after the jump.
Strawberry Tips, Recipes, and Ideas
- Classic Strawberry Shortcake
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
- Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
- Spinach and Strawberry Salad
- Strawberry and Raspberry Crème Fraîche
- Strawberry Preserves (No-Pectin Recipe) [Cincinnati Locavore]
- Strawberry Preserves (with Pectin) [eHow]
- Growing Strawberries [Martha Stewart]
What do you do with your strawberries?
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13 Comments:
The strawbs are coming in like a bunch of big red hand grenades. They're red through and through and sugar sweet. That was one (very small) benefit of living in FL - Plant City Strawberries. We get nice ones in ATL so I can't complain. I make shortcake biscuits and sweetened whipped cream for individual shortcakes.
therealchiffonade at 6:29PM on 05/23/09
Unfortunately, the end of local strawberry season is near in New Orleans. But blueberry season is right around the corner to edge off our pain.
red velvet at 7:50PM on 05/23/09
Dinner tonight:
Spinach salad with mandarin orange slices, pine nuts, chopped up strawberries, and avocado.
Ideal.
TurtleSoup at 11:19PM on 05/23/09
You mention "savory contexts", but you only offer one: a spinach and strawberry salad.
I also like pulverized strawberries in a vinaigrette, powdered freeze-dried strawberries for rimming cocktail glasses, and as an unlikely star ingredient in risotto.
shoneyjoe at 11:24PM on 05/23/09
I found this salad from Closet Cooking and adapted it slightly. So light and yummy. It is perfect for Springtime.
http://veryculinary.com/_blog/2009/05/20/strawberry-spinach-salad/
veryculinary at 8:15AM on 05/24/09
Went to Longhorn for dinner last night and had their strawberry pecan salad. It was quite good. It had a quartered strawberry, halved red grapes, candied pecans, feta, mandarin oranges atop mixed field greens with a raspberry vinaigrette.
Cassaendra at 8:53AM on 05/24/09
Freeze 'em! They freeze really well. Just hull them, cut them into quarters, and spread them in a single layer on a baking sheet overnight (you can stack additional layers with parchment paper or plastic wrap). In the morning, pour them into a ziplock bag. They'll keep for months in the freezer, and will give you a taste of peak springtime flavor well into winter. Other berries (and other farmers market goodies) freeze just as well -- I wrote a post about it on my blog last year.
daveklop at 11:31AM on 05/24/09
Fresh strawberry smoothies while berries are abundant.
dmcavanagh at 6:58PM on 05/24/09
Oregon grown strawberries are sweeter than those from any other state:
http://tinyurl.com/qsm6pp
beegled at 4:31PM on 05/26/09
Occasionally we'll have them start to turn (usually when we go strawberry picking and fall behind on our freezing). When they are a little too soft I'll put those in a blender with some confectioners sugar and make a really nice strawberry sauce that's great on ice cream or added to lemonade!
valgalpal at 9:48AM on 06/01/09
Super delicious while being a perfect compliment to fresh strawberries is a light vanilla custard. I made a kind of fruit parfait with layers of lady fingers, fresh strawberries, vanilla custard, and a drizzle of kirsch on the lady fingers to moisten them.
jsharpell at 12:07PM on 06/01/09
Well I have made Homemade Strawberry Jam with the local strawberries that I got this year....it's so yummy & simple to make!
whorne2006 at 3:06PM on 06/01/09
Yes, beegled!!! Now that I live in NYC that's the thing I miss the most. Nothing on the East Coast compares. My grandmother used to make the best strawberry jam. Strawberry shortcake is also one my all time June favorites.
tinacooks at 4:12PM on 06/02/09