Strawberries
18.01.16
All the recipes in this section are the result of experience, creativity and... word of mouth by Eleonora Berto, a daily presence at the “El Tamiso” store under the Salone in Padua. The ingredients are all from organic farming and the doses are approximately for four people.
STRAWBERRY SMILE
INGREDIENTS: 300 g strawberries, 100 g rice, 100 g almond milk (or other milk), 2 glasses of water (200 g), 4 tablespoons of brown sugar, a pinch of salt, 1 lemon, vanilla, 6/7 almonds.
PROCEDURE: In a saucepan, place the rice with the almond milk and water, cook over low heat, preventing the rice from sticking to the bottom and burning. After 10 minutes, add 200 grams of strawberries cut into cubes, salt, 3 tablespoons of sugar and a piece of vanilla bean. Continue cooking for 15 minutes. Remove the vanilla and flavor with grated lemon peel. Divide the preparation into small glasses and let cool. Cut 100 grams of strawberries into slices and place them in a pan to cook with a tablespoon of sugar and lemon juice, after 10/15 minutes they will be ready. Decorate the glasses with this 'strawberry reduction' and the chopped and toasted almonds. Let it rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving.
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Based on “The Art of Eating Well” by Pellegrino Artusi published in 1891.
INGREDIENTS: “Well ripe strawberries, 300 grams. Fine white sugar, 300 grams. Water, half a liter. A big lemon from the garden. An orange.”
PROCEDURE: “Boil the sugar in water for 10 minutes with an uncovered pot. Pass the strawberries and the orange and lemon juice through the sieve, add the syrup after passing this too, mix everything and pour the mixture into the ice cream maker. This dose may be enough for eight people.”
OBSERVATIONS: revised today, this wonderful recipe, we could translate it by reducing (brown) sugar by about half and in the absence of the ice cream maker, we will pour the mixture into a container to be placed in the freezer for at least 4 hours, blending the mixture a couple of times to make this DELICIOUS AND SIMPLE SORBET creamy!!
SOFT STRAWBERRY
INGREDIENTS: 250 g strawberries, 250 g soft wheat or spelt flour, 150 g brown sugar, 100 g corn or sunflower oil, 3 whole eggs, 1 lemon, ½ bag baking powder, a pinch of salt.
PROCEDURE: In a bowl, mix the sugar well with the eggs and the oil. Incorporate the flour and baking powder, taking care not to form lumps. Add the grated lemon peel and half of its juice. Grease a baking tray (diameter 22 cm.) and pour the mixture, leveling it. Cover with strawberries, previously cut in half and drizzled with lemon juice. Bake at 170 degrees for 30 minutes.
STRAWBERRY FRAGRANCE
INGREDIENTS: 400 g strawberries, 120 g brown sugar, 150 g cream, 2 egg whites, 1 orange or 1 lemon, the tip of a teaspoon of natural vanilla. Whip the cream (use a container and cold fridge tools, it will be easier). Whisk the egg whites very well. Blend the strawberries with the sugar, orange juice and vanilla. Combine everything, stirring slowly and pour into a container to be placed in the freezer for at least 6 hours. Before serving the parfait, keep it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
FRESHNESS OF STRAWBERRIES AND RICOTTA CREAM
INGREDIENTS: 400 grams of strawberries, 250 grams of ricotta, 1 pack of cookies (like ladyfingers), 100 grams of brown sugar, “a puff” of cinnamon, 1 orange, 1 lemon.
PROCEDURE: blend 200 grams of strawberries and add the squeezed lemon juice. Mix the ricotta with the sugar, cinnamon and grated orange peel very well. Cut the remaining strawberries into pieces, peel the orange removing the white part that covers it, cut into pieces and add to the strawberries. Form the first layer by dipping the cookies in the blended strawberries, distribute the ricotta cream and the pieces of strawberry and orange. Repeat the layer of wet biscuits and continue. Finish with the ricotta cream and fruit. Refrigerate at least 2/3 hours before serving.
“The strawberry, which grows under the nettle, represents the most beautiful exception to the rule, since innocence and fragrance are its names. It is fairy food.”
William Shakespeare
STRAWBERRY SMILE
INGREDIENTS: 300 g strawberries, 100 g rice, 100 g almond milk (or other milk), 2 glasses of water (200 g), 4 tablespoons of brown sugar, a pinch of salt, 1 lemon, vanilla, 6/7 almonds.
PROCEDURE: In a saucepan, place the rice with the almond milk and water, cook over low heat, preventing the rice from sticking to the bottom and burning. After 10 minutes, add 200 grams of strawberries cut into cubes, salt, 3 tablespoons of sugar and a piece of vanilla bean. Continue cooking for 15 minutes. Remove the vanilla and flavor with grated lemon peel. Divide the preparation into small glasses and let cool. Cut 100 grams of strawberries into slices and place them in a pan to cook with a tablespoon of sugar and lemon juice, after 10/15 minutes they will be ready. Decorate the glasses with this 'strawberry reduction' and the chopped and toasted almonds. Let it rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving.
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Based on “The Art of Eating Well” by Pellegrino Artusi published in 1891.
INGREDIENTS: “Well ripe strawberries, 300 grams. Fine white sugar, 300 grams. Water, half a liter. A big lemon from the garden. An orange.”
PROCEDURE: “Boil the sugar in water for 10 minutes with an uncovered pot. Pass the strawberries and the orange and lemon juice through the sieve, add the syrup after passing this too, mix everything and pour the mixture into the ice cream maker. This dose may be enough for eight people.”
OBSERVATIONS: revised today, this wonderful recipe, we could translate it by reducing (brown) sugar by about half and in the absence of the ice cream maker, we will pour the mixture into a container to be placed in the freezer for at least 4 hours, blending the mixture a couple of times to make this DELICIOUS AND SIMPLE SORBET creamy!!
SOFT STRAWBERRY
INGREDIENTS: 250 g strawberries, 250 g soft wheat or spelt flour, 150 g brown sugar, 100 g corn or sunflower oil, 3 whole eggs, 1 lemon, ½ bag baking powder, a pinch of salt.
PROCEDURE: In a bowl, mix the sugar well with the eggs and the oil. Incorporate the flour and baking powder, taking care not to form lumps. Add the grated lemon peel and half of its juice. Grease a baking tray (diameter 22 cm.) and pour the mixture, leveling it. Cover with strawberries, previously cut in half and drizzled with lemon juice. Bake at 170 degrees for 30 minutes.
STRAWBERRY FRAGRANCE
INGREDIENTS: 400 g strawberries, 120 g brown sugar, 150 g cream, 2 egg whites, 1 orange or 1 lemon, the tip of a teaspoon of natural vanilla. Whip the cream (use a container and cold fridge tools, it will be easier). Whisk the egg whites very well. Blend the strawberries with the sugar, orange juice and vanilla. Combine everything, stirring slowly and pour into a container to be placed in the freezer for at least 6 hours. Before serving the parfait, keep it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
FRESHNESS OF STRAWBERRIES AND RICOTTA CREAM
INGREDIENTS: 400 grams of strawberries, 250 grams of ricotta, 1 pack of cookies (like ladyfingers), 100 grams of brown sugar, “a puff” of cinnamon, 1 orange, 1 lemon.
PROCEDURE: blend 200 grams of strawberries and add the squeezed lemon juice. Mix the ricotta with the sugar, cinnamon and grated orange peel very well. Cut the remaining strawberries into pieces, peel the orange removing the white part that covers it, cut into pieces and add to the strawberries. Form the first layer by dipping the cookies in the blended strawberries, distribute the ricotta cream and the pieces of strawberry and orange. Repeat the layer of wet biscuits and continue. Finish with the ricotta cream and fruit. Refrigerate at least 2/3 hours before serving.
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