Strawberry Creams Oamc Recipes

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM

Steps:

• Combine the strawberries and sugar in a bowl; mash until the strawberries are completely crushed and the sugar is incorporated. Add the sour cream to the strawberries and stir until the mixture is pink in color. Serve immediately.

FROSTY STRAWBERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. In a bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, walnuts and melted butter. Toast in the oven until walnuts are fragrant, about 15 minutes; stir occasionally. Sprinkle 2/3 of the walnut mixture evenly over the bottom of the 9x13 inch dish.
• In a large bowl, whip the egg whites with the lemon juice until they can hold a soft peak. Gradually add white sugar while continuing to whip to firm peaks. Fold in the strawberries.
• In a separate bowl, whip the cream with an electric mixer until stiff but not grainy. Fold into the strawberry mixture. Spoon over the crust in the dish and spread evenly. Top with the remaining walnut mixture. Freeze for 6 hours, or overnight.

CHEF JOHN'S STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Place strawberries and sugar in a blender and pulse until pureed; steep for 10 minutes.
• Pour cream, milk, vanilla extract, and salt into strawberry mixture; blend until smooth and slightly thickened, 10 to 15 seconds. Whisk red food color into cream mixture.
• Pour strawberry mixture into the container of an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Transfer ice cream to a sealable container, cover the ice cream with plastic wrap, seal the container, and freeze, 2 hours to overnight.
• Process in an ice cream maker until thick. Immediately transfer to a sealable container, cover with plastic wrap, cover the bowl with a lid and freeze for 2 hours to overnight.

FROSTY STRAWBERRY SQUARES (OAMC)

Steps:

• For crumb mixture, combine flour, nuts, margarine, and brown sugar. Spread evenly on to a cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes; stir occasionally.
• Sprinkle 2/3 of the crumbs into a 13x9 baking pan.
• In a large mixing bowl combine egg whites, strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice.
• Beat with an electric mixer on high speed about 10 minutes or until stiff peaks form. In a small mixing bowl, beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form.
• Fold whipping cream into strawberry mixture.
• Spoon evenly over crumbs in baking pan. Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top.
• Cover, label and freeze for least 6 hours or until firm; Serve frozen.

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB COBBLER WITH CANDIED GINGER (OAMC)

Steps:

• Fruit Layer: Combine rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, ginger and flour and pour into a 8x8 inch baking square.
• Topping: In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.Cut in butter with a pastry cutter, or 2 knifes, until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Fold in sour cream until well mixed.
• Drop dough in 6 spoonfuls over fruit--it will not cover fruit entirely.Sprinkle with second amount of sugar.Bake for 30-40 minutes at 375 degrees, or until topping begins to turn golden.
• Serve warm with Ginger Creme Fraiche.
• Ginger Creme Fraiche: Pour whipping cream into a chilled bowl and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks begin to form. FOld in sour cream and ginger syrup and mix well. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• To Freeze: After cobbler has cooled, wrap with tinfoil, label and freeze for up to 2 months. Ginger Creme Fraiche may be frozen in a freezer container or made fresh at serving time.
• To serve: Thaw both in fridge overnight. If desired warm Creme Fraiche before serving.

FROSTY STRAWBERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Combine flour, brown sugar, walnuts and melted butter.
• Place in a 9x13" baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Take out 1/3 of mixture and set aside. Press remaining mixture into baking dish.
• For filling: Whip whipping cream until peaks form; set aside.
• Combine egg whites, sugar, strawberries and lemon juice (MAKE SURE MIXER BLADES ARE CLEAN AND DRY OR EGG WHITES WILL NOT WHIP).
• Beat at high speed until stiff peaks form, about 10 minutes.
• Fold in whipped cream.
• Spoon over crumb mixture.
• Sprinkle 1/3 crumb mixture over top.
• Freeze six hours or over night.

THE STRAWBERRY CREAM (A DESSERT/DRINK)

Steps:

• Wash the berries but do not remove the green leaves.
• Cut the top off the berries and a small slice off the bottom (just enough so the berry will stand).
• Hollow out the strawberry, being sure not to make a hole in the bottom or sides.
• Fill the strawberry with well chilled Amarula (or Godiva Chocolate, Irish Cream -- you get the idea).
• Replace the berry top, repeat, repeat, repeat --
• ADVANCE:.
• A platter of strawberries can be made in advance and kept in the fridge (lightly covered with plastic wrap) until serving.

FRAISIER (STRAWBERRY CREAM CAKE)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, vigorously whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until lightened. Whisk in the cornstarch. In a saucepan, warm the milk, then slowly pour it into the egg mixture while whisking constantly. Pour the combined mixture back into the saucepan and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until very thick, about 5 minutes. Cover the surface with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Make the sponge cake. Sift the flour. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and one-third of the sugar until lightened. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites into stiff peaks, adding the remaining sugar a little at a time halfway through the beating time. Fold the beaten egg whites into the yolk mixture, then fold in the flour. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared sheet pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
• Carefully peel the parchment paper from the cake.
• Using the cake ring, cut out two circles from the cake.
• Add the butter to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat until light and creamy.
• Add the pastry cream and beat until well incorporated. Transfer the mixture to a bowl.
• Place the cake ring on a serving plate and place one cake circle on the bottom.
• If necessary, briefly rinse the strawberries and pat them dry on paper towels.
• Set aside one dozen of the most attractive strawberries for the top decoration. Hull and cut similarly sized strawberries in half and place them next to each other around the perimeter of the ring with the cut side touching the ring.
• Cover the strawberries with a little of the pastry cream to seal them against the ring.
• Hull the remaining ones and place in the center of the cake.
• Cover the layer of strawberries with some of the pastry cream.
• Place the second cake disk on top.
• Evenly spread a thin layer of the pastry cream on top.
• Hull the remaining whole strawberries then set them on top of the cake, pointed ends up.
• Scrape the remaining pastry cream into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/3-in plain pastry tube and pipe pointed mounds of cream on top of the cake between the strawberries.
• Refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, carefully remove the ring.

STRAWBERRY CREAMS (OAMC)

Steps:

• Puree the strawberries in a food processor, then strain to remove seeds.
• Whisk icing sugar and vinegar into strawberries.
• Whip the whipping cream until soft peaks form.
• Fold in sour cream.
• Add additional sugar at this point if it is not sweet enough.
• Spoon mixture into 4 ramekins and cover with saran wrap, and freeze.
• To serve: remove from freezer about 1 1/2 hours before serving.
• Garnish each dish with an additional strawberry.
• **Note:You can also make a facsimile of crème fraîche by adding a tablespoon of buttermilk or a half cup of sour cream to a cup of whipping cream, heating it gently to 110°F (45°C), then putting it in a loosely covered bottle in a warm place and letting it sit for anywhere from 8 hours to a couple of days, until thick. Store it in the refrigerator, where it will thicken further, and keep for about three weeks. In general, crème fraîche and sour cream can be used interchangeably in most recipes, but crème fraîche has two advantages over sour cream: it can be whipped like whipping cream, and it will not curdle if boiled**.