Strawberries are truly a royal berry! With whipped cream, soft buttercream or ice cream, or simply with sour cream - it’s impossible not to love it. But, when the season is high and you have already eaten your fill of berries, you should think about preparing them for the winter.

Strawberry jam- the first thing that comes to my mind when the conversation turns to preserving berries for the cold season. But what if you don’t like strawberry jam or are simply tired of it?

Editorial "So simple!" invites you to expand your repertoire and learn 5 delicious alternatives to boring strawberry jam and compotes. Here are simple ideas for what else you can make from this delicious miracle berry, the season of which, alas, is very short. For those who were lucky with the harvest!

What can you make from strawberries?

1. Frozen whole strawberries
   This is the simplest and yet most universal idea. All you need to do is wash, dry and put the strawberries in the freezer, and then wait for winter.

   But in winter, you can make compotes from whole strawberries, make cakes with strawberry cream, ice cream, shakes, cocktails and smoothies! Alas, when defrosted, the whole berry loses its shape and eating it just like that is not very pleasant, but for other purposes it is wonderful.

   

2. "Ice jam"
   Pour boiling water over washed and peeled berries. Next, rinse the strawberries and the containers you will be filling. It is better to use containers with lids; they should be dried before packaging.

   Grind the strawberries in a blender along with the sugar until it is completely dissolved. After this, pack the future delicacy into prepared containers and place it in the freezer.

   

   Such berries will not freeze, and they can be taken from the container in small portions. In this variation frozen strawberries All vitamins and nutrients will be perfectly preserved.

   

3. Strawberry marshmallow
   Well, this is my favorite option! The general principle of preparing marshmallows also works in this case: the berries should be pureed, sugar and other additives (mint, basil, vanilla, cinnamon) should be added, then the mixture should be poured into a special tray for preparing marshmallows and the workpiece should be placed in an electric dryer.

   After 5–12 hours (depending on the moisture content of the berry), the finished strawberry marshmallow can be rolled into rolls and stored for the winter. Well, if you don’t have an electric dryer, the marshmallow can be cooked in the oven at a minimum temperature.

   

4. Strawberry ice cream
   To fill your freezer with this natural delicacy you will need: a liter jar of fresh strawberries, a glass of sugar and 500 g of heavy cream.

   Wash the berries, then pour boiling water over them and grind in a blender. Add sugar to the resulting puree and wait until it completely dissolves.

   

   Cool the cream a little and beat it with a mixer, while adding the berry puree. Fill an ice cream maker or shallow bowl with the mixture and place in the freezer. If you don't have a special device, stir the mixture every half hour to prevent it from freezing.

   

5. Strawberry chips
   Preparing such natural fruit chips requires almost no effort: all you need to do is wash the berries, dry them and place them on electric dryer trays (oven tray).

   By drying strawberries, you'll get delicious chips that don't take up much space, but offer dozens of ideas for use! In addition to being eaten plain, strawberry chips can be added to mousses, cakes, tea, muesli, muffins and casseroles.

   

In our crazy age of constant time pressure, the recipes of grandmothers and mothers, when jam was cooked for a long time and in several stages, are losing their relevance. I want to do everything quickly, so that one or two - and it’s done!

The first berries are already in full swing, which means we quickly need to answer the question “What to cook with strawberries?” I think that this selection will easily cope with this task. In it you will see only the best dishes that have been tested many times on our family. =) In addition to standard jam, in the article you will find recipes for jams, fruit drinks, cocktails, jelly, cheesecakes, pancakes, muffins, pies and cookies. You should like it.

What can you make from strawberries?

Strawberries pureed with sugar.

When everyone has already eaten too much of this berry, but it is still left, you can make some kind of jam from it, for example, pureed strawberries with sugar.

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 1 kilogram;

Sugar - 1 kilogram.

Preparation.

We sort the berries, wash them and dry them. Add sugar. Pass through a meat grinder or grind with a blender.

Pour into dry, sterilized jars, close with lids and place in the refrigerator. This jam can be stored for 5-6 months.

Strawberry jam.

Unfortunately, my favorite strawberries pureed with sugar cannot be stored for a long time, so I made strawberry jam from a new portion of berries.

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 1 kilogram;

Sugar - 1 kilogram;

Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon.

Preparation.

We sort the berries and wash them. Place in an iron container and add sugar. Leave for 3-5 hours.

After the berry gives juice, put it on the fire and bring to a boil. Reduce and cook for 5 minutes. Then turn everything off and leave until completely cool.

We do this procedure 3 times. Add lemon juice to the prepared jam. Then we cool it and put it in sterilized jars, close it with screw caps or roll it up with a special key.

Strawberry jam.

This year the berry harvest was very good, so we managed to prepare a lot of jam for the winter. Our strawberry jam is proof of this.

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 1 kilogram;

Sugar - 1 kilogram.

Preparation.

We sort the berries, wash them and remove the branches. Add sugar and leave for at least 5 hours. Puree using a blender or meat grinder. Place on the stove and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook for 10-15 minutes. Then we leave it to cool on the switched off stove for about 5 hours.

We do this procedure 3-4 times. The jam should be thicker than regular jam.

Pour it into dry, sterilized jars and store it.

Strawberry juice.

I used to buy fruit juice in stores and until that moment I liked the lingonberry drink the most. Now this homemade strawberry juice has come out on top.

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 1 kilogram;

Water - 1 liter;

Sugar - 1 cup or to taste.

Preparation.

Wash the berries and sort them out. Rub with a masher through a sieve. Leave the juice in the container. Place the pomace in a saucepan and fill with water. Cook for 10-15 minutes.

Strain through a sieve, then add to the juice. Stir and add sugar. Pour the fruit drink into glasses and enjoy the aromatic and unique taste.

Strawberry milkshake.

If you want to make a delicious drink at home without spending a lot of time and effort, then make a strawberry milkshake without ice cream. It is incredibly simple and easy to prepare. It will take no more than 15 minutes and the list of ingredients is very short.

You can make it with any berries you like. In addition, you can always add fruits, nuts, chocolate. Chocolate frosting or toppings are also great. It is better not to add sugar to such a drink.

Ingredients:

Strawberries – 15-17 pieces;

Milk – 2 glasses;

Honey – 3 teaspoons.

Preparation.

Prepare the strawberries by peeling the stems and washing them. Place in a drinking bowl. Pour in milk and honey. Using a blender, puree the berries until you get a smooth puree.

Pour the drink into a cup and serve with a straw. You can chill it in the refrigerator and then serve it with ice cubes.

Fresh berry jelly.

Kissel is a pleasant, enveloping and very healthy drink that has not lost its popularity for many centuries. All kinds of berries and fruits can be used as ingredients. At the height of summer, quenching your thirst with delicious berry jelly is a pleasure!

Ingredients:

Water - 2 liters;

Strawberries, raspberries and cherries - 100 grams each;

Starch (potato) - 4 tablespoons;

Sugar - 4–5 tablespoons.

Preparation.

Rinse the berries under cool running water and tear off the stems. You can remove the pits from the cherries, but this is optional. Then pour cold purified water over the prepared berries, put on fire and bring to a boil. Cook over low heat for about 10 minutes. It is not advisable to heat the berries for longer, since all the vitamins may be destroyed. After the broth, let it brew and cool.

While the compote is infusing, you should prepare the starch. To prepare jelly, it is customary to use potato starch, since corn starch has an unpleasant aftertaste and will form a sediment. Pour starch into a glass, pour cool boiled water or cooled broth. Then mix the mixture thoroughly so that the starch is completely dissolved and a white, thick, homogeneous mass is formed.

Next, strain the contents of the pan through a colander. Place the berry broth back on the stove, add sugar to taste and bring to a boil. Then, in small portions, stirring constantly, pour the starch mixture into the broth. When the jelly begins to thicken, turn it off. Do not boil, otherwise the drink will become liquid.

It is better to cool the jelly in a bowl of cold water. You can drink this drink with fresh baked goods. And berry jelly can be a wonderful addition to puddings or cottage cheese casseroles. Bon appetit!

Strawberry pancakes.

The strawberries are already in full ripeness in the gardens, which means it’s time to cook something from them. Let it be pancakes.

Ingredients:

Milk - 240 milliliters;

Wheat flour - 185 grams;

Chicken eggs - 1 piece;

Baking powder/baking powder - 1 tablespoon;

Honey - 1 tablespoon;

Strawberries - 350 grams;

Butter - 30 grams;

Salt - a pinch;

Vegetable oil for frying.

Preparation.

Sift the flour and mix in the powder and salt. Make a hole in the middle and break the egg. Add honey. Pour in the milk, then the melted butter. Mix so that there are no lumps.

We sort the strawberries, wash them and dry them. Cut into small pieces. Add it to the dough. Mix.

Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and spread the resulting dough with a tablespoon in the form of small pancakes. Fry over medium heat for 5-7 minutes on each side. Serve hot.

Cheesecakes with strawberries.

Strawberries are one of the first summer berries, as well as a valuable source of vitamins, easily digestible sugars, mineral salts and organic acids. Both adults and children love her. In cooking, it is used to make aromatic preserves, jams, jams, sauces, creams for cakes, pastries, rolls, etc. Today we will have cheesecakes with strawberries.

Ingredients:

Fat cottage cheese – 400 grams;

Strawberries – 100 grams;

Chicken eggs - 1 piece;

Granulated sugar – 3-4 tablespoons;

Wheat flour – 4 tablespoons;

Semolina – 1 tablespoon;

Vanilla sugar – 1 teaspoon;

Vegetable oil;

Salt – a pinch.

Preparation.

Remove the stems from the strawberries, wash the berries and cut into strips. Place the cottage cheese in a bowl and mash with a fork until smooth. Add sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, semolina, flour to the cottage cheese and beat in the egg. To stir thoroughly. Add strawberries and mix gently again.

Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, spoon out the cheesecakes and fry them on both sides until golden brown. Serve hot with sour cream.

Muffins with strawberries.

Muffins are small, rich muffins interspersed with pieces of fresh fruits and vegetables, berries, candied fruits, marmalade, dried fruits, nuts, chocolate, etc. This recipe uses juicy, aromatic strawberries as a filling. Delicate fluffy muffins with strawberries will perfectly complement your morning coffee or evening tea.

Ingredients (for 16 pieces):

Wheat flour – 350 grams;

Butter – 200 grams;

Eggs – 4 pieces;

Granulated sugar - ¾ cup;

Vanilla sugar – 2 teaspoons;

Baking soda – 1 level teaspoon;

Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon;

Fresh strawberries – 250 grams.

Preparation.

Place the butter in a deep bowl and leave at room temperature until softened. Wash the strawberries, dry them, and remove the stems. Cut small strawberries in half, large ones into 4 parts.

Add sugar to the softened butter and beat with a mixer. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time. Then add sifted flour, baking soda, lemon juice and vanilla sugar. Stir well. Add the berries and stir the dough thoroughly again.

Fill the molds 2/3 full with dough. Bake at 180° for 20-25 minutes until the muffins have risen and browned.

The surface of the finished muffins usually has longitudinal cracks. Remove the pans from the oven and leave the muffins in the pans for about 15 minutes. Then place on a wire rack to cool completely. Bon appetit.

Pie with strawberries and sour cream.

Summer is the time for fresh berries and delicious pies. Today we will prepare one of the seasonal options.

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 200 grams;

Butter or margarine - 100 grams;

Sugar - 1 tablespoon;

Chicken egg - 1 piece.

For filling:

Sour cream 15% fat - 300 grams;

Sugar - 150 grams;

Vanilla sugar - 10 grams;

Chicken eggs - 2-3 pieces;

Fresh strawberries - 500 grams.

Preparation.

In a deep container, combine: sifted flour and chopped butter or margarine. Grind it into crumbs with your hands. Add sugar and break the egg. Knead the dough with your hands and set aside to rest for 30 minutes. Then roll it out into a thin round layer, place it in a springform pan and pierce it in several places with a fork.

Place the washed, dried and stemless berries on the dough. If it is large, then cut it into 2 or 4 parts.

To fill, mix: sour cream, eggs, sifted flour, sugar and vanilla sugar. Beat with a whisk or fork until smooth. Let's pour our pie.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Check readiness with a toothpick.

Oatmeal cookies with strawberries.

Fragrant and very healthy oatmeal cookies with strawberries for lovers of natural products.

Ingredients:

Oat flakes - 300 grams;

Kefir - 300 milliliters;

Honey - 3 tablespoons;

Margarine - 50 grams;

Strawberries - 50 grams.

Preparation.

Pour oatmeal with kefir for 35-40 minutes. Then add the prepared berries. Melt honey and margarine and cool slightly. Pour into oatmeal-strawberry dough. Mix the mass.

Mine turned out a bit runny, so I had to spoon it onto parchment paper.

Bake in a well-heated oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Bon appetit.

Berry sorbet.

Today I decided to treat my family to freshly prepared berry sorbet. It turned out tasty and healthy.

Ingredients:

Red currants - 150 grams;

Strawberries - 150 grams;

Powdered sugar - 100 grams.

Preparation.

Wash and dry the berries: red currants, strawberries. Place in a deep bowl. Puree using a blender. Add powder. Continue blending until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Place in the freezer for 2 hours. During this time, stir the mixture twice. Serve the finished delicacy on the table.

It is impossible to imagine summer without fragrant strawberries, which are one of the first to open the long-awaited berry season. How we dreamed about this berry in the winter, how impatiently we waited, looking under the green leaves, when the first berries would turn red, and now, finally, we have waited. I really want to catch up with the season and eat plenty of strawberries, and prepare preserves, jams, jellies for the winter, be sure to freeze the ripest and most beautiful berries, and even prepare something tasty and special from fresh strawberries. The last desire usually arises when the first strawberry hunger has already been a little satisfied. Recipes for all kinds of desserts with strawberries are probably known to many. But did you know that you can cook an incredible number of dishes with strawberries?

This wonderful berry goes well with many fruits, vegetables, chicken and even seafood, which is quite surprising, but very tasty. Strawberries add a special taste to all dishes and fit everywhere. When talking about strawberry dishes, it is certainly necessary to mention drinks. A classic of the genre is, of course, strawberries with champagne. But this, so to speak, is an option for special occasions, but jelly, compote or kvass made from strawberries can be enjoyed on a sultry summer day, without waiting for a special occasion.

Salad with strawberries, cucumbers and fruits

Ingredients:
150 g strawberries,
100 g cucumbers,
1 peach,
1 pear,
100 ml natural yoghurt.

Preparation:
Cut the strawberries in half lengthwise, the cucumber, peach and pear into thin slices. Mash a few strawberries and mix with yogurt. Layer all ingredients and top with strawberry yogurt sauce.

Strawberry and banana salad

Ingredients:
1 small head of Beijing lettuce,
150 g strawberries,
4 bananas,
3 tbsp. lemon juice,
1 tbsp. lemon vinegar,
9 green peppercorns,
40 g chopped hazelnuts,
¼ tsp. Sahara,
4 tbsp. vegetable oil,
salt, ground black pepper - to taste.

Preparation:
Separate the cabbage leaves from the head, set aside 8 large ones, and cut the rest into large strips. Cut the peeled bananas in half lengthwise and cut into slices 1 cm thick, pour lemon juice over them. Peel and cut the strawberries into small slices, pour in lemon vinegar and stir. From the remaining lemon juice with green peppercorns, vegetable oil, salt, ground black pepper and sugar, prepare a sauce and season it with chopped lettuce leaves, bananas and strawberries. Cover the bottom of the salad bowl with whole lettuce leaves, place the prepared salad on them and sprinkle with chopped hazelnut kernels.

Strawberry salad with shrimp

Ingredients:
300 g strawberries,
2 lemons
1 avocado,
8 peeled boiled shrimps,
½ bunch of basil
2 tbsp. vegetable oil,
3 tbsp. raspberry vinegar,
1 stack natural yogurt,
salt, sugar, pepper - to taste.

Preparation:
Slice the strawberries. Grate the zest of 1 lemon and squeeze the juice from both lemons. Peel the avocado, remove the core, cut the pulp into thin strips, cut them in half and sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine strawberries, avocado and shrimp. Mix vegetable oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar and pour this mixture over the salad. Mix yogurt with lemon zest and season the salad with this sauce. Garnish the finished dish with basil leaves.

Chicken with strawberries and cheese

Ingredients:
1-2 chicken breasts,
2 eggs,
strawberries (to taste),
2-4 slices of pineapple,
cheese, sour cream, dill, spices - to taste.

Preparation:
Make a cut in the chicken breast, unroll and pound lightly. Place a piece of cheese, a slice of pineapple, a sprig of dill and strawberries cut into halves in the middle. Form cutlets, season with pepper and salt to taste, dip the resulting cutlets in beaten egg, roll in flour and fry in heated vegetable oil in a frying pan on both sides. Serve these cutlets to the table, pouring them with sour cream sauce with chopped dill.

Strawberry cream soup

Ingredients:
600 g strawberries,
¾ stack. Sahara,
1 cup 20% cream,
1.5 liters of water,
4 tbsp. potato starch.

Preparation:
Squeeze the juice out of the strawberries and cool it. Pour boiling water over the pulp and cook for 10-15 minutes, strain, add sugar and bring to a boil. Dilute potato starch with a small amount of water, pour into the boiling broth, mix well, add juice and cool. Before serving, pour chilled cream into the souk and serve the biscuit crackers separately.

Strawberry dessert with rice

Ingredients:
1.5 stack. strawberries,
1 stack rice,
1 stack milk,
1 stack whipped cream,
sugar - to taste.

Preparation:
Boil milk, add rice to it, add sugar to taste, cook viscous porridge and cool. Cut the washed strawberries into halves or quarters and mix with rice porridge. Then stir in the whipped cream. Place in molds and refrigerate for 1 hour, then place the dessert on plates and garnish with whole strawberries.

Strawberry Delight Cake

Ingredients:
For the test:
100 g flour,
4 eggs,
100 g sugar,
40 g butter.
For cream:
300 g strawberries,
175 g cottage cheese,
500 ml cream,
100 g sugar,
12 g gelatin.
For decoration:
100 ml cream,
50 g milk chocolate glaze,
strawberries.

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Line a baking tray with paper and place a strip of foil (35x25 cm) across it. Melt the butter and beat it with sugar. Then gently stir in the flour and butter. Spread the prepared dough onto a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Soak the gelatin, beat the cream with sugar, puree the strawberries and mix with cottage cheese. Squeeze the gelatin, dissolve and mix with the mixture. Then add cream. Divide the mixture into hemisphere molds. Cut circles equal to the molds from the baked cake, place on the strawberry mixture and refrigerate for 4 hours. Once the time is up, place the cakes in paper molds, melt the icing and decorate the cakes with thin lines. Whip the cream and place a rose on each ball, top with strawberry halves.

Marzipan balls with strawberries

Ingredients:
1 stack almonds,
¾ stack. powdered sugar,
⅓ stack. water.
strawberries - for filling.

Preparation:
Boil water in a saucepan, add almonds (but not all of them, leave a little), blanch for 5 minutes and remove the skin. Fry the peeled almonds for 5-7 minutes in a frying pan, then grind into flour using a blender. Dissolve the powdered sugar in the water, stirring, add the almond mass and, stirring, keep on the fire for another 7 minutes. Cut the strawberries in half or into 4 pieces. Make cakes from the cooled almond mass, place a piece of strawberry in the center of each and form a ball. Grind the reserved part of the almonds more coarsely for sprinkling. Roll the finished balls in it and put them in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Strawberries in batter

Ingredients:
400 g strawberries,
4 tbsp. wheat flour,
1-2 tbsp. ghee,
1-2 squirrels,
1 glass of beer,
1 glass of cognac,
powdered sugar.

Preparation:
Mix flour, melted butter, well-beaten egg white, beer and cognac in a bowl. Dip each berry into the batter and fry in vegetable oil. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

Strawberry cake with cottage cheese

Ingredients:
400 g strawberries,
200 g flour,
250 g cottage cheese,
2 tbsp. natural yogurt,
2 tbsp. semolina,
1 egg,
2 tbsp. cocoa,
100 g softened butter,
150 g sugar,
5 g gelatin,
1 packet of vanillin,
a pinch of salt.

Preparation:
Mix together butter, yogurt and egg yolk. Stirring constantly, gradually add 150 g of flour and cocoa into the resulting mixture, knead the dough, make a ball and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then roll out and place in a baking dish greased with butter. Make edges and prick the dough in several places with a fork. For the filling, mix cottage cheese, sugar, semolina and vanillin. In a separate container, beat the egg white with a pinch of salt until foamy and add to the curd mass. Place the form with the dough in an oven preheated to 180ºC for 5-7 minutes. Then take it out, put the filling on the resulting crust and bake for another 25 minutes. To prepare the syrup, put 5-7 berries in a saucepan, add sugar, 5 tablespoons of water and cook for 10 minutes over low heat, then strain, add gelatin, cool for 20 minutes, and then heat again, but do not bring to a boil. Cut the remaining strawberries into slices and place them in the shape of a flower on the cake, pour syrup over it and refrigerate for 3 hours.

Dessert “Strawberry sensation”

Ingredients:
700 g fresh strawberries,
1 can of condensed milk,
100 g chocolate cookies,
20 g butter,
200 g ready-made whipped cream,
½ lemon (juice).

Preparation:
Mash the washed and peeled strawberries with a fork, leaving a few berries for decoration. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon. Toss strawberries with condensed milk, lemon juice and whipped cream, reserving a little cream for decoration. Place the mixture in a rectangular pan lined with foil. Crush the cookies, place them on the creamy strawberry mixture and press down lightly. Cover the pan and place in the freezer for 6 hours. Then remove the dessert from the mold, turn it over, remove the foil and decorate with whipped cream and strawberries.

Strawberry pudding

Ingredients:
750 g fresh strawberries,
125 g sugar,
2 stacks milk,
1 tbsp. starch,
vanilla sugar, chopped nuts - to taste,
a pinch of salt.

Preparation:
Mix together sugar, milk, starch and salt and cook, stirring continuously, over low heat until thickened. Then add vanilla sugar and mix again. Cool the resulting pudding, mix with mashed strawberries with a fork and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Strawberry cupcakes

Ingredients:
175 g flour,
100 ml milk,
1 egg,
100 g sugar,
200 g finely chopped strawberries,
2 tsp baking powder,
4 tbsp. vegetable oil,
½ tsp. salt.

Preparation:
Break an egg into a bowl, pour in vegetable oil, milk and beat. In another container, mix flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, add strawberries and mix everything, then add the milk mixture and mix again. Fill 8 greased muffin tins with batter and bake in the oven at 190ºC for 25 minutes. After removing the finished cupcakes from the oven, cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the molds.

Pizza with strawberries

Ingredients:
400 g strawberries,
1 stack milk,
4 eggs,
1 stack flour,
1 tsp baking powder,
sugar and vanilla sugar - to taste.

Preparation:
For the dough, beat eggs, sugar, vanillin, then pour in milk, add flour and baking powder. Cut the berries into 4 parts. Heat the baking dish, grease it with butter, pour the dough into it and place the berries on top. Place the pan in an oven preheated to 200ºC and bake for 25 minutes until golden brown. Before serving, lightly sprinkle the finished pizza with powder.

Dumplings with strawberries

Ingredients:
For the test:
2 stacks flour,
⅔ stack. water,
a pinch of salt.
For filling:
strawberry,
sugar.

Preparation:
Sift the flour, add water and salt and knead the dough. Roll it into a layer 2-3 mm thick and cut out circles using a cup with a diameter of 5-6 cm. Place strawberries, previously cut into quarters, in the center of each circle, add sugar to taste and seal the edges tightly so that the juice does not leak out of the dumpling during cooking. Boil the dumplings in salted water until done. Serve with sour cream.

Strawberry marshmallow

Ingredients:
700 g strawberries,
40 fresh basil leaves
½ cup Sahara,
1 tbsp. lemon juice.

Preparation:
Combine strawberries with remaining ingredients in a blender. Strain through a sieve to remove large basil leaves, add 1 tsp. water and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Then place on parchment paper in a baking dish, level the hot marshmallow over the entire surface of the mold, place in the oven and bake at 100ºC, drying slowly until the marshmallow thickens. Remove the finished marshmallow from the oven, roll it into a tube and store it in a cool, dry place.

Strawberry kvass

Ingredients (for 3 liters of water):
750 g strawberries,
1 tbsp. honey,
2 tsp Sahara,
1 g citric acid,
raisins - to taste.

Preparation:
Place small ripe strawberries in an enamel bowl, cover with water, heat to a boil and remove from heat. Let stand for 10 minutes, then filter the juice, add honey, sugar, citric acid, stir, filter again and pour into dark bottles, filling them 7-10 cm below the neck. Place 2-3 raisins in each bottle, seal with corks secured to the neck with soft wire or twine, and take to a cool place. Kvass will be ready for use in 7-10 days. If you want to speed up the process, put the kvass in a warm place for 2 days, then take it out into the cold. In this case, the kvass will be ready on the fourth day.

Strawberry dishes are good both on the holiday table and on weekdays. Create, invent, delight your family with new combinations and tastes.

Bon appetit and new culinary discoveries!

Larisa Shuftaykina

When the berry season is in full swing, the question inevitably arises: “What can be made from fresh strawberries?” There are a lot of recipes today, but it is advisable for busy housewives to choose ones so as not to spend days in the kitchen and at the same time fully enjoy the taste of berries in all possible manifestations. Do you think this is unrealistic? Now we will convince you!

Briefly about the queen of berries

It’s not for nothing that they call strawberries that way: their truly magical effect on the human body often baffles even eminent doctors!

The interesting thing is that strawberries taste quite sweet, but there is practically no sugar in them, so this berry is recommended not only for those who want to lose weight, but even for people with diabetes. In Hollywood, the strawberry diet is popular among stars, thanks to which you can lose up to three kilograms of excess weight in four days. This may be true, but most likely it’s due to the diuretic effect of the berry: the increased potassium content actively stimulates the functioning of the kidneys and lymphatic system, ridding the body of excess fluid.

Due to the presence of a significant dose of B vitamins, they are considered antidepressant berries: only 200 grams per day - and the nervous system will be in perfect order. Moreover, a person needs to eat exactly the same amount of strawberries to replenish the daily requirement of vitamin C, which is more abundant in this crop than in citrus fruits. Haven’t you forgotten its properties as an aphrodisiac? This is in addition to all other advantages: anticancer, antifungal, antiseptic and antirheumatic effects. The list could go on for a long time, but as they say, it’s better to eat the cake than talk about it. So let's get into the recipes.

What you can do with strawberries: interesting ideas

This berry provides plenty of options for creativity, as it can be combined with so many products, from fruits to vegetables, meat and even fish. So what can you do with fresh strawberries?

• Drinks: compotes, fruit drinks and mojitos, as well as strawberry milkshakes and jelly.
• Desserts: mousses, jellies, ice cream, soufflé and sorbet, frozen purees and delicate parfaits.
• The filling of cottage cheese with strawberries for drizzled pancakes requires no introduction or advertising: this is the first thing you can do with strawberries during the berry season.
• Various salad options: from fruit to combined with herbs, vegetables, cheese.
• Alcoholic drinks like “Margarita”, “Daiquiri”: they can quickly be made from strawberries, which is very convenient during the party.
• Various preparations for the winter: jam, syrup, frozen whole berries and compotes.

Dessert in 15 minutes with fresh strawberries

What can be done in such a short time to make it tasty and beautiful? Of course, sorbet! It’s easy and quick to prepare, and in the summer heat it’s an excellent delicacy that’s very much loved by children. Grind the strawberries with a blender, and if the seeds are confusing, it is better to pass the mass through a sieve. For two glasses of this puree, take the same amount of fresh milk, half a glass of granulated sugar and 1 tbsp. l. freshly squeezed lemon juice. Lightly beat with a blender and place the container with sorbet in the freezer.

Stir the mixture once every half hour, distributing the cooled parts evenly over it. When the sorbet has completely hardened and begins to harden, turning into ice cream, take it out, beat it a little with a blender again, form balls using an ice cream scoop (or just a tablespoon), place it on portioned saucers, garnish with fresh strawberries and a mint leaf.

Strawberry mojito

You can make a drink from strawberries that your guests will surely enjoy. Mojito is a low-alcohol drink because it contains rum. To prepare two servings of this drink, take:

• 2 glasses of water;
• 1.5 cups sugar;
• 200 grams of fresh strawberries;
• 50 grams of rum (preferably light);
• 50 grams of highly carbonated water without minerals;
• 2-4 leaves of mint or green basil (purple is not suitable for this purpose).

First you need to prepare the syrup from water and sugar by boiling the ingredients. Cool immediately and pour the syrup into tall cocktail glasses containing pre-cut strawberries and basil/mint leaves. Next, mix the liquid with the strawberries, which can be done with a wooden spatula or just a fork. At the same time, there is no need to crush the berries into puree - just let out the juice, which will add flavor to the drink.

Pour rum on top and sprinkle with crushed ice into small pieces. Top with sparkling water and place a straw for a cocktail. Mojito is ready!

Spinach and strawberry salad

What delicious things can you make if you are a follower of a raw food diet, and the holiday table requires something special? Even meat-eaters will enjoy the American green salad with red aromatic berries because of its piquancy and juiciness.

So, wash 100 grams of young spinach leaves, dry on a paper towel and tear into four parts, cut the strawberries into small pieces and mix with the spinach. Prepare the filling: 2 tbsp. l. light sesame seeds, 0.5 cups of sugar, one spoon of poppy seeds and a quarter of paprika, mix in a mortar, just do not pound into flour, but rather crush lightly. Add a quarter of wine vinegar, half a glass of high quality vegetable oil to the mixture and mix with a spoon.

Season the salad with the resulting sauce and serve immediately, stirring lightly with your hands, being careful not to overwhelm the ingredients. The salad looks light and airy, and tastes very unusual and attractive.

Confiture

Sometimes it happens that you don’t really want to eat jam that is already quite boring. What can you do with strawberries besides this? Jam and confiture! They also belong to sweet winter preparations, but they have a thicker, jelly-like structure and more meticulous preparation, which, by the way, is worth it. The confiture is very good with toasted bread and a freshly baked bun as a fragrant addition to your morning coffee.

To save sugar with maximum gelling effect, use pectin in powder form, which can be bought in pharmacies and specialty stores. One kilogram of strawberries requires an average of 5-7 grams of this substance. Add 0.5 kg of sugar to the prepared berries (they need to be washed, the stems removed and cut into small pieces) and left for half an hour to release the juice. During this time, you need to treat the jam jars (and lids) with steam.

Pectin must be thoroughly ground with 1-2 tablespoons of sugar and citric acid on the tip of a knife, added to the boiling strawberry mass and boiled for about four minutes, stirring vigorously with a spoon. Next, pour the finished confiture into jars and roll up the lids. The strawberry aroma and bright color will delight you more than once during the winter, when the jar of delicacy is opened for tea.

10 minutes to prepare

What can you quickly make from strawberries without spending hours in the kitchen? Knowing that most of the essential vitamins are stored in fresh berries, and strawberries generally do not like lengthy preparations, you can prepare the following simple but very appetizing delicacies:

1. Chocolate covered strawberries. Select large berries and, without tearing off the tail, dip half of them into pre-melted chocolate, cool in the refrigerator and use as a dessert for coffee, decoration for a cake or pastries. Kids love this simple but very healthy dessert made from fresh strawberries.

2. You can make something from a series of milkshakes with additives. For example: lightly beat 200 grams of creamy ice cream and one and a half glasses of milk with a blender until a foamy liquid mass forms, which is divided into three equal parts. Chop two bananas and mix with a blender with one part of liquid ice cream, and also beat one and a half cups of strawberries with the second part of the milk mixture. Carefully pour the banana component into a tall glass, then the milk component without additives and top it with strawberries, which can be done using a wide knife, pouring the cocktail along its blade. The child will be delighted with such a colorful delicacy, and the parent will be sure that the baby has received a good dose of healthy vitamins.

3. Strawberry souffle. Universal recipe! You can make it from fresh strawberries, or you can use other berries and fruits (raspberries, red currants, banana or orange). Ingredients:

• 400 grams of cream;
• 600 grams of strawberries;
• 2 tbsp. l. instant gelatin;
• 200 grams of sugar;
• 100 grams of water.

Dissolve gelatin in cold water, let it swell and heat in a water bath until dissolved. Grind the strawberries in a blender. Whip the cream with sugar into a fluffy foam and mix with strawberry puree. While stirring, pour in the gelatin and beat with a blender for about 10-15 seconds. Place into bowls and cool.

Syrup to combat excess weight and swelling

Strawberries are famous for their diuretic effect, all nutritionists know this, so this syrup recipe will come in handy for all women who want to stimulate the functioning of their internal organs. In addition to this effect, the body will receive the lion's share of nutrients, vitamins and microelements contained in all components of this delicacy.

Cut 50 grams of fresh peeled ginger root into pieces and simmer in 200 grams of water for about 15 minutes, preferably over low heat and covered. Peel two lemon slices, cut from the middle of the fruit, mix with ginger, chopped strawberries (150 grams) and beat everything with a blender until smooth. Put it back on the fire, pour in another 150 grams of water and boil. Boil for about 10 minutes, cool and strain.

When taken orally, dilute this syrup with water in a ratio of 1:2 and drink one glass on an empty stomach in the morning. If the taste is too rich, you can add one teaspoon of honey per glass of liquid. The result will not be long in coming: within an hour, increased work of the kidneys and sweat glands will begin, the body will expel all “evil spirits” from itself.

Strawberry Madness: Yogurt Cake with Queen Berry

What kind of strawberry dessert can you make that will make everyone gasp? Of course, cake! And even more so, a jelly cake, which is the secret dream of all sweet tooths. This recipe is one of the simplest variations, and does not require baking or long preparation. Required ingredients and step by step steps:

• Sort through 500 grams of fresh strawberries, select large berries, preferably the same size, leave whole, but remove the stems.
• Dilute 30 grams of instant gelatin in 100 grams of water, and when it swells, heat it in a water bath.
• Crush 500 grams of cookies such as “Yubileinoe”, “Tea”, “Toplenka” into crumbs, add one glass of fresh milk and mix. Enter 2 tbsp. l. cocoa powder, knead until smooth. Line the bottom of a springform cake pan with the resulting mixture. Tamp down well.
• Pour one liter of strawberry yogurt purchased from a supermarket (it is better to choose one with a high percentage of fat content) into a bowl and add gelatin into it in a thin stream, stirring with a spoon. Pour the mixture onto the cookie layer.
• While the yogurt layer has not hardened, place strawberries in it in a circle, with the pointed tip facing up. The berries should be almost completely covered in the yogurt, so you may need to press them in slightly. Place the cake pan in the refrigerator to harden.
• Melt a bar of dark chocolate in a water bath, pour in 100 grams of cream and stir until smooth. Cool slightly and pour the prepared glaze over the top of the cake, from which the split rim has already been removed. Refrigerate again. Before serving, garnish with fresh strawberries or white chocolate shavings.

This cake is prepared very quickly, it is almost impossible to spoil it, so it is perfect for novice housewives who do not feel confident in working with baked goods. Its taste is amazing, richly aromatic, and the combination of strawberries and chocolate has long been recognized by confectioners as ideal. When cutting the cake, whole strawberries are revealed, which causes genuine delight in children.

Unusual preparations for the winter

Fresh berries are simply wonderful! But even on a chilly autumn or frosty winter evening, you also want to pamper yourself with the gifts of sunny summer. What can you make from strawberries for the winter? We offer several interesting recipes:

1. Strawberry puree, pureed with sugar. Using a blender, puree two kilograms of berries with three kilograms of sugar, leave the mixture overnight in a cold place, and in the morning stir and place in plastic containers (you can use mayonnaise or ice cream buckets). Place in the freezer. In winter, such frozen puree is used to prepare most desserts that require the addition of strawberries, as it completely retains the taste, color and properties of fresh berries.
2. and cherries: sterilize the bottles and put 1/2 of the berries in them (take equal parts, one kilogram of each). Pour boiling water to the top, cover and leave for 15-20 minutes. Then pour the water back into the pan, add granulated sugar at the rate of 500 grams for every 2 kg of berries and 2 liters of water, boil the compote for two to three minutes, pour it back into bottles and roll up. Be sure to turn it over to check the quality of the twist, leave it in this state for 10-12 hours, covering it with a blanket or a blanket folded several times.
3. Strawberry chips. But this innovation will clearly interest those who do not know what tasty and unusual things can be made from strawberries for the winter. These chips are prepared simply: each berry needs to be cut lengthwise into four plates, placed on a drying tray (if not, use an oven tray) and dried in an electric dryer (or oven on minimum setting) or a dehydrator until they become crackers. Pour the cooled ones into glass jars or linen bags and store them like dried fruits, making sure that they remain out of damp places. In winter, you can add it to compotes, tea, or filling for a pie or cupcake. By the way, the taste of the tea is amazing: no jam can give you such a rich summer aroma.
4. Dried strawberries. Of course, you will have to tinker with this product, but the result will more than meet all your expectations. So, cover 2 kg of strawberries with 800 grams of sugar and, shaking, mix so as not to damage the berries (selected, beautiful and even). Leave for a day in a cool place. Next, drain the juice that has formed (it can be used to make fruit juice or rolled up for the winter), and boil the remaining berries for no more than 10 minutes in syrup prepared in advance (350 grams of water and sugar each). It is important that the heat is minimal, otherwise the berry will change color. Then put the strawberries in a colander so that the syrup drains completely (we also roll it up), and then we dry the berries in the dryer for about two hours, not just at once, but in two or three stages. This delicious dessert will serve as an unusual decoration for cakes, pastries, or simply be eaten like candy.

All these recipes are only a small fraction of what can be made from strawberries. Culinary geniuses have hundreds of more recipes in their stock to satisfy a wide variety of human taste preferences.