Recipe Ideas
Toffee Strawberries
Ingredients
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 punnets of strawberries
Directions
Dissolve the sugar in the water in a small, heavy saucepan and boil without stirring - just swirl the pan around until the sugar syrup turns a golden caramel colour. (To test - place a little mixture in a glass of cold water). Remove from the heat and dip strawberries into the syrup, holding them by the stalk. Then leave to harden on a non-stick baking paper.
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Ingredients
• 1 cup sugar
• 500grams strawberries, washed, hulled, and sliced
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Directions
Combine sugar and strawberries; let stand for a few hours, until juicy. Drain juices off; transfer to saucepan, and bring to a boil. Mix together the water, butter, and cornstarch. Add to the strawberry juice mixture; continue cooking, covered, over low heat for 2 minutes. Cool slightly and stir in strawberries. Pour into baked pie shell; chill thoroughly. Top with whipped cream topping or purchased whipped topping. Keep leftovers covered, in refrigerator.
Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Ingredients
• 2 bunches spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces
• 2 punnets of strawberries
• ½ cup roughly chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
Preparation
In a large bowl, toss together the spinach, strawberries and walnuts. Then in a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, sugar, paprika, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds. Pour over the spinach, strawberries and walnuts, and toss to coat.
Strawberry Daiquiri
Ingredients
• 50ml of white rum
• 10ml freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 punnet of strawberries
• Sugar syrup to taste
Preparation
Stir 500g sugar into 250ml water and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Cool and refrigerate. You can make this in a shaker but it's best done in a blender. Mix together (best done in a blender) all the ingredients including cooled sugar syrup along with four ice cubes. Pour into a chilled margarita glass and garnish with a strawberry.
