(ec) essential connection magazine: Weird strawberry recipes







Monday, March 21, 2011

Weird strawberry recipes

The Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City, Fla., ended last week, but we're keeping the celebration going. If you want to try out the weird strawberry recipes we included in "Fun:Miscellaneous" in the March issue of ec, here's all the info you need to know!
Photo credit: D. Sharon Pruitt/stockxchange



Strawberry avocado salsa
Wash, chop, and combine in a bowl:
  • 1  cup  finely chopped strawberries
  • 1/4  cup  finely chopped peeled avocado
  • 2  tablespoons  finely chopped red onion
  • 2  tablespoons  chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/2  teaspoon  grated lime rind
  • 2  tablespoons  fresh lime juice
  • 2  teaspoons  finely chopped seeded jalapeño pepper
  • 1/4  teaspoon  sugar
Serve immediately. For the original recipe and more info, go here. 


Spaghetti with strawberries
1 pound dried spaghetti
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for finishing
1 pound ripe strawberries, cleaned and halved
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 cup tomato purée
4 ounces reserved pasta water
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste


Cook the pasta in rapidly boiling salted water until al dente.
Warm the olive oil in a large sauté pan, then add half of the strawberries. Cook over medium heat untio the strawberries start to release juice. Add balsamic and allow the sauce to reduce by half.
Add tomato purée, the rest of the strawberries, and the reserved pasta water, and reduce by half again until the sauce thickens. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Toss the sauce with spaghetti. Finish with a little olive oil and black pepper.
For the original recipe and more info, go here. 
 

Deep fried strawberries
For this recipe, you'll need:

1  pint   fresh strawberries, washed and stemmed
1 cup plain flour
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
granulated sugar
oil (for frying)
whipped cream

After washing and stemming the strawberries, create your assembly line. Put the flour in a small bowl. Beat the egg and milk together in a small bowl and place next to the flour. In another bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and cinnamon and place it last in the line. Begin heating the oil for frying. While it is getting hot, dredge the strawberries in flour, then coat with the egg mixture, then roll in the graham cracker crumb mixture. When oil is hot, deep fry each strawberry for 1 to 2 minutes until the coating is crisp and brown. Drain the deep fried strawberries on a paper towel, then serve a few with whipped cream, Cool Whip, or vanilla ice cream. For more information and the original recipe, go here.



Labels: , , ,

posted by (ec) at 7:41 AM

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home