It’s been raining strawberries here. The season’s
last lot are here now and everywhere there is a stall selling these bright red
luscious fruit. We too got tempted by it many a time and indulged in them quite
a bit. And then we even went picking strawberries in a farm. This was the first
time for us to see strawberry farms and we were pretty excited by the fresh,
big and bright strawberries. We picked to big boxes and returned home happily!
I made milkshakes/smoothies almost every
other day, had them in Corner House style ‘Fresh strawberries with Ice cream
and Whipped cream’, one of my favorites, ate them as is. I also made a strawberry
gateau which did taste amazing, but didn’t look that amazing. So it’ll not make
to the blog this time. D has made another item out of it, which actually still
in the making. If it’s a success, you’ll get a guest post by him here :D. Any
guesses?
And after all these, there was still left
and I had to preserve them for the later, apparently dull grey days. It’s my
first winter out of India, so not really sure how grey is actually the
described grey! Will have to wait and see :)
So here’s how to make it…
Preparation Time: 10 min plus standing time
Cooking Time: ~40 min
Makes :One small jar
Source: eCurry
Ingredients:
Strawberries - ½ kg, washed, & hulled
White Sugar - 1 Cup
Juice of half Lemon
Preparation:
Preparation:
- Wash
and hull strawberries. Combine berries with sugar in a large stainless
steel/non reactive bowl; let stand for 3 to 4 hours.
- Bring
strawberries to a boil slowly, for about 6-10 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
- Add lemon juice. Cook rapidly till it
comes to a full boil, & then reduce heat to medium
- Gently
boil until strawberry mixture is clear/glassy and mixture is thick &
mounds on a spoon, about 15-20 minutes. Mine took almost 25 min.
Notes:
- Since
my strawberries were large sized ones, I mashed them a bit when boiling
with a potato masher
- I’ve
reduced the quantity of sugar given in source since I didn’t want the
preserve to be overly sweet. It is just about sweet and is fine.
Wow just drooling here
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oh this looks yum! I just did something similar with another fruit... where do u get some many lovely strawberries in Bangalore... The one's near my house are not so fresh and they cost an arm and a leg..
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! The super markets do have good strawberries in Bangalore in February. Of course they cost a bit but it is affordable if they're fresh... Some 40 bucks for a small box... BTW, these berries here were picked from a farm in Sweden... I'm in Gothenburg now :)
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hey sums:)
ReplyDeletefollowing you recent times, one day i searched in net for bitterless bittergourd curry:))) , then found your blog, tried and came out well (quite time consuming but worth it:) ) . love your writing but now a days not much scinarios:( in your recipes, i have been also in sweden for some time @stockholm, heared lot about strawberry picking ,never gone as i stayed there in winter and summer time:(( , come to the context... expecting different good receipes as usual but with a cute story outline:)) as in many of your recipes
Hi Kiruthika!
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