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I need some ideas on what to do with the surplus strawberrys that I have. Too full to eat any more ?
Advice /receipies needed.
Dawn

We have the same "problem".

Not fun making jam in this weather, we made two panfuls on Saturday evening - finishing at 1.00 a.m.!

Smoothies, ice-cream, pavlova, mix with breakfast cereal, in rhubarb crumble ... ...  :P :P :P

Freeze them and for future use

Make a sauce for ice cream or plain yoghurt

strawberry pie

strawberry cake

send them to me... ;D

Yes, either freeze them or turn them into suace and bottle them. The sauce is a reminder of summer when you pour it on ice creams or caks or cheesecakes in the later months.
Icecream is nice, I made some once with strawberreies and orange juice, and sugar, just blend it all together and freeze in a shallow dish and take it out every now and then as it freezes and re-whisk it, you can add a little double cream as it starts to harden and whisk again. it was very tasty, but can't remember the proportions! Think it was about 10/1 of fruit and sugar?

strawberry sorbet. I made laods last year and ive just finished it.

I am so envious of all  you lucky folks! My strawberry patch was chock a blog, so I gave it a good tidy up last year. It must be sulking for it hasn't rewarded me with any fruits at all. I have to wait another year to see if it will recover.

you can't have too many strawberries  :D

leave the netting off for a few days, and let the blackbirds have them  :D

brownowl 23....
Can I have the recipe fpr the sorgbet sounds lush ?

dawnf

Here is a link to a Sainsburys web site that you might like to look at...:)

http://www2.sainsburys.co.uk/food/mealideas/10thingstodowith/strawberries/10_thing_to_do_with_strawberries.htm

frozen strawberries and other berries partly thawed blitzed (hand blender)with one banana topped up with apple juice makes a fab non-dairy smoothie YUM
We've frozen a couple of big bags of them the OH is sick of pickin',I've hurt me back  ;)so he's cheif picker this year

You can dry them - Cut small ones in half, large ones in slices make sure they're all the same size by cutting more if necessary, douse in lemon juice. If you have a dryer, use this if not,  lay on trays in an electric fan oven at between 55 - 60 degrees C for around 12 hours, maybe more, until they're leathery or crispy dry. I've never had the courage to store them like this alone, have always bagged whats left after theyve been nibbled and then freeze them. They take up less room. Good to eat as sweets or with cereals.

My favourite is FRESH fruit pulp lollies - when you're licking a lolly you don't notice that it's pulp rather than water ice... I think it tastes better for being less messed about too.

Basically blitz any berry with a bit of sugar - I wouldn't exceed a tablespoon to a litre (too much spoils the whole idea - but I'm not making mine for child palates - that would be a waste).

Pour into lolly moulds and freeze - simple.

Most fruits are better as a paired mix according to the season: straw/tay, plum/blackberry etc. etc.

If you do plum and anything then make sure the anything puree is ready and blitz the plum in small lots, adding it to the puree immediately. Plum puree on its own goes brown VERY quickly but most other fruits contain enough acid to stop it (except pears).

Pear and blackcurrant is heavenly but you need to use pear juice not pulp, and (surprise) you have to keep the blackcurrants in the freezer for a few months to wait for the pears.

Cheers.