How to eat strawberries when you Can't Eat Them Anymore: 5 Easy Strawberry Recipes
Strawberries are certainly delicious and healthy. But what to do when you don't want to snap juicy berries like seeds, and the season is in full swing? To solve this problem, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the 5 best recipes for delicious strawberry dishes that are easy to prepare yourself.
First, let's find out why it is so important to eat strawberries, what useful properties it has.
Strawberries contain a large number of vitamins necessary for maintaining human health: A, B1, B2, B9, PP, K, H, C and E. In addition, this berry, which in fact is a fruit (false berry) of green strawberries, contains minerals: potassium, magnesium, iodine, zinc, calcium, phosphorus and sodium.
Strawberries are useful for normalizing the activity of the heart muscle, preventing constipation and restoring intestinal motility. Also, the seasonal berry has a positive effect on the skin and helps to reduce joint pain.
It is best to eat strawberries after the main meal, as they contain organic acids that irritate the walls of the stomach. Adherents of proper nutrition can rejoice: strawberries are a low-calorie product that can be eaten on diets. Even if you decide to add a little sugar to it, the benefits of strawberries will not decrease.
And for those who prefer more refined dishes, we have prepared a list of simple, but incredibly delicious recipes that you must try to make before the end of the season.
Strawberry sorbet
To prepare a strawberry sorbet, you will need:
Strawberries should be thoroughly washed, it is best to pour boiling water over them. On the surface of this berry, pollen can remain, which is a strong allergen. After that, remove the flower stalks with sepals and cut the strawberries into pieces. Put them in a saucepan, cover with sugar and leave to stand for about 15 minutes.
After the berries are allowed to juice, carefully punch them in a blender until a homogeneous puree is formed. Add the orange juice and mix well again.
Pour the resulting mass into a spacious container and send it to the refrigerator. Attention: every hour, the sorbet must be stirred with a fork to avoid the formation of ice cubes. Repeat this procedure three or four times, after which the sorbet can be put in the freezer and forget about it until the morning. In the morning, you will find an incredibly delicious, fragrant, sweet, and most importantly, healthy dessert!
Strawberry cheesecake without baking
The perfect recipe for those who are "not friends" with the oven, but very fond of cheesecakes. A nice bonus: instead of cottage cheese, which scares many with its high cost, simple cottage cheese is used here! So, you will need:
Divide the gelatin into two containers of 20 and 10 grams, fill with water to swell. Shortbread cookies are well crushed, mixed with melted butter – this will be our dough for the cake.
Cover the form with parchment, spread the dough evenly over it and send it to the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes. At this time, whisk the cottage cheese, sugar, vanilla and sour cream in a blender until smooth. Add gelatin diluted in a water bath (20 grams) to it, mix everything well again.
Put half of the curd mass on top of the cake, put a small layer of berries on top. Pour in the remaining curd mass, level the surface and put the cheesecake in the refrigerator for at least an hour. In the meantime, prepare the decoration: 100 grams of strawberries pour 300 ml of water, add 4 teaspoons of sugar. Put the container on the fire and bring the mass to a boil, when it cools, mix it with the remaining gelatin.
Decorate your cake with the resulting jelly and send it to the refrigerator for another 4-5 hours. Cheesecake is ready!
Muffins with strawberries
To prepare delicious muffins, you will need:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, grease the muffin molds with butter. Mix sugar, flour and baking powder. In a separate container, whisk the egg with the milk and vegetable oil. Add the dry mass to the liquid, mix thoroughly.
To the dough, add 1 cup of finely chopped strawberries, mix again, trying not to damage the berries. Fill the muffin molds with the resulting mass of about two-thirds of the dough and bake for 20-25 minutes until tender. the finished dish can be decorated with powdered sugar or chocolate glaze.
Vanilla milkshake with strawberries
For those who like a delicious and quick snack, a recipe for a milkshake with strawberries is suitable. You will need:
The recipe is outrageously simple! Mix all the ingredients, whisk thoroughly with a blender until foam forms. Pour into the molds and garnish with fresh strawberries.
Strawberry pie
For those who like to please guests with delicious pastries for tea, a quick-to-prepare strawberry pie is suitable. Ingredients:
Sugar, eggs and softened butter are thoroughly whipped with a whisk. If you want a more yellow, rich sponge cake, add a few more eggs. When you get a homogeneous mass, enter the flour into it, mix well again.
Put the parchment on the baking dish, lay out the berries, pour the dough on top. Place in the oven, preheated to 190 degrees, for about 30 minutes. Garnish the finished dish with powdered sugar. Bon Appetit!
As you can see, strawberries can be consumed in different ways. Therefore, we advise you to enjoy this delicious and healthy berry to the maximum while it is still in season. In the meantime, there is a cheesecake in the refrigerator and a pie in the oven, you can prepare a couple of delicious cocktails and sandwiches for an appetizer.
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