In Season: Strawberries
Photograph from Clarity on Flickr
I don't need to remind anyone that it's strawberry season, do I? Don't be fooled by the oversized yet tasteless beauties you'll find at the big grocery stores. Buy them local and in season, and you're less likely to be disappointed. Want to pick your own? You can find a farm near you at pickyourown.org.
Found yourself with more berries than you can eat in one sitting? According to strawberries.com, the best way to store strawberries for 3 days or less is to place them in layers separated by paper towels inside a plastic container or sealed bag. If you need to store them longer than that, freeze them in a sealed plastic bag. Either way, don't wash the strawberries before you store them. Rinse them off right before you eat them. Here are a few recipes we think are worth trying this strawberry season:
For Breakfast
Strawberry Panzanella [101 Cookbooks]
Strawberry Pancakes [Amateur Gourmet]
As a Starter
Spinach Strawberry Salad [SE]
Strawberry and Feta Salad [Closet Cooking]
With the Main Course
Spaghetti with Strawberries [Cookthink]
Pork Tenderloin with Strawberry-Mango Salsa [Food Blogga]
For Dessert
Strawberry Shortcake [SE]
Ponchatoula Strawberry Cupcakes [SE]
Baking with Dorie: La Palette's Strawberry Tart [SE]
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6 Comments:
Says "this sugar snap pea season". Should read "strawberry season" perhaps?
amanda0730 at 1:52AM on 07/06/08
@amanda0730: nice catch, the entry has been corrected!
Raphael at 2:13AM on 07/06/08
Here in FL, we are lucky enough to get Plant City Strawberries. These are the kind you can smell at 20 paces from the strawberry display in local stores. I use them for everything from ice cream to strawberry sauce.
They remind me of the feeling I get when I eat a perfect tomato - "THIS is what it's SUPPOSED to taste like!"
therealchiffonade at 9:01AM on 07/06/08
Strawberries have been out of season since about May here in Louisiana, but the peaches and blueberries are fantastic right now.
gillsnthrills at 10:48AM on 07/06/08
Pick-Your-Own experiences are one of the most fantastic, formative food memories of my childhood!--and I'm enjoying passing the mantle to my kids, who are PYO aficianados.
For me, it's "Pick Your Own Flashback" (and here's our recipe for brown sugar ice cream with fresh-picked strawberry-rhubarb compote):
http://happyhoarfrost.blogspot.com/2008/05/strawberry-season-pick-your-own.html
Thanks for all these marvelous recipes and resources! Can't wait to try it all...strawberries may be over in MD, but there are sour cherries right now and nectarines on the way!
HappyHoarfrost at 7:38AM on 07/07/08
I was walking in the woods up in the Adirondacks over the weekend when I came upon a beautiful patch of wild strawberries, some as tiny as peas. Delicious. They truly tasted the way it oughta should.
LadyMarmalade at 2:56PM on 07/07/08