Strawberry Recipes

Strawberry Time

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Fresh Strawberry Recipes

It's time for fresh strawberries and shortcake. However, if you have an abundance of strawberries and want to do something with them besides just serving strawberry shortcake, here are some great recipes for various dishes created with strawberries! (These recipes call for strawberries but can be made with other types of berries substituted if you wish, ie. Blackberries, raspberries, etc.)

Strawberry Bread

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. Baking soda

1 tsp. Salt

2 tsp. Ground cinnamon

½ tsp. ginger

2 cups sugar, divided

2 pints (1 quart) fresh strawberries, chopped

4 eggs, beaten

¼ cup vegetable oil

1 cup chopped pecans (best with pecans, almonds can be substituted)

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and 1 cup sugar. Set aside.

Sprinkle 1 cup sugar over chopped berries and stir to mix. Set aside and allow juice to form – approximately 1 hour.

Add berry and sugar mixture to dry mixture along with eggs and oil. When mixture is thoroughly moist, gently stir in chopped pecans.

Pour into greased loaf pans ( either 1 – 10x6x3 loaf pan, or 2 – 8x9 loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees F. for 1 hour and 20 minutes for large loaf or 1 hour for smaller loaves. Cool before cutting.

Strawberry Alaska Pie

Chocolate Pastry Shell: makes one 9-inch pie crust

1 ½ c. all purpose flour

1/3 c. sugar

¼ c. cocoa

¼ tsp. Salt

½ c. shortening

3-4 Tblsp. Water

Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa and salt – cut in shortening – gradually add 3 4 Tablespoons water till holds in a dough ball. Roll out between wax paper. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 8 – 10 minutes. Cool completely.

Pie Filling:

1 c. chopped fresh strawberries

1 quart soft strawberry ice cream

Spread the fresh strawberries in the bottom of the cooled pie crust. Place soft strawberry ice cream over the strawberries, filling the pie crust. Freeze until very firm. When ready to serve, make the meringue topping.

Meringue:

3 egg whites (room temp.)

½ tsp. Vanilla

¼ tsp. Cream of tartar

6 Tblsp. Sugar

Beat egg whites with vanilla and cream of tartar until it peaks.

Gradually add sugar, beating until sugar is dissolved and meringue is glossy and stiff. Spread over frozen pie, spreading to and sealing the edges to the crust all around the pie. Bake in preheated oven at 500 degrees F. until golden brown. ( Ice cream will stay firm as it only takes a very few minutes to brown the meringue. ) Serve immediately.

For all who enjoy the distinctive taste of chocolate and strawberries, here is another recipe which delights and amazes the taste buds! The main secret to this recipe is the chocolate candy crust and the chocolate mallow whipped cream topping – with the strawberries and strawberry filling in the center, each bite of this pie is like eating strawberries dipped in chocolate and whipped cream!

Strawberry Pie

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Chocolate Candy Crust

Chocolate Candy Crust:

1 12 oz. Pkg. Semisweet chocolate pieces

2 tblsp. Shortening

2 tblsp. Sifted confectioner's sugar

12” square Heavy duty aluminum foil

Place 12” sq aluminum foil in 9” pie pan. Press down and form a foil pie pan liner for pie pan. Cut off excess foil around rim of pie pan. Gently remove liner and place liner on baking sheet. Spread the chocolate pieces (or chips) in the bottom of the liner.

Place baking sheet with liner in oven at 250 degrees F. for 5 minutes. Set alum. Liner back in pie pan. Add shortening and blend (using back of spoon) with melted chocolate, then add confectioner's sugar and blend. Once blended, spread mixture evenly on bottom and up sides of pie pan liner. Chill until firmly set. Peel foil liner from chocolate shell and then place shell back into pie pan. Fill and refrigerate. (shell is crispy hard, will soften to cut if at room temp for about 20 minutes before cutting and serving)

Strawberries w/ Glaze Filling:

1 quart fresh strawberries

¼ cup Strawberry jelly (or jam)

1 10-ounce pkg frozen strawberries, defrosted

½ cup sugar

3 tblsp. Cornstarch

Press defrosted strawberries through a sieve to remove seeds. Mix ½ cup sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan, stir in sieved berries and jelly. Cook and stir until mixture thickens.

Arrange fresh strawberries in chocolate shell – cut large berries in half or quarters. Spoon over strawberry glaze; chill.

Chocolate mallow whipped topping:

2 cups Miniature marshmallows (I use chocolate marshmallows)

¼ cup Chocolate milk

1 cup Whipping cream ( I use chocolate cool whip)

Heat milk and marshmallows until mallows dissolve. Cool. Fold in whipping cream. Place on top of strawberry pie and serve.

YouTip: can use chocolate marshmallow cream in place of the miniature marshmallows and milk. Just fold the whipping cream into the marshmallow cream.

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