What to do with a glut of strawberries?

Ianna

A bit unusual this....strawberry pie

walmerstores

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Stephen_Leak

Strawberries and cream, only better.

ETON MESS

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

450g of fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon of sugar
250g of meringue
250ml of cream

METHOD

Wash the strawberries, remove any stalks and chop them into quarters. Break or chop the meringue into rough 2cm (1 inch) pieces.

Put the strawberries in a bowl. Sprinkle over the sugar. Mix together.

Pour the cream into another bowl. Lightly whip the cream. Don’t over-do it: it should still be pourable.

Add the strawberries to the cream, or vice versa. Add the meringue pieces. Mix together and serve.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Use ready-made meringue nests, especially if they are already broken and reduced in price.

If you make your own meringue, this is the dish to practice with. If they weep, crack or even collapse, you can still use them in this. However, you do have to make it a day in advance.

For the romantic version, top with a large strawberry and offer this to your partner.

An authentic Eton mess uses strawberries, but other summer fruits work well.

However, even Heston Blumenthal has had to concede that Eton mess is "quite simply impossible to improve upon".

HISTORICAL NOTES

Eton mess originated at Eton College in the 1930’s, when a mixture of either strawberries or bananas with cream or ice cream, all stirred together (hence the name "mess"), was served in the school’s "sock shop" (tuck shop). One anecdotal story is that the dessert was ‘invented’ by a Labrador dog, when it sat on a picnic basket in the back of a car. With the later addition of the meringue, it has evolved into the unashamedly wicked, yet still quintessentially English, summer dessert. It is traditionally served at Eton College's annual prize-giving celebration picnic on what is still called the "Fourth of June", despite actually taking place on the last Wednesday in May.

masonsmum

I have loads of strawberries and we are going to have some tonight with some cream however what can I do with the rest.... thought about putting them into a flan case but what to do to be a bit more creative.

Thanks in advance for any help.

pinksleepybear

What can I do with an excess of strawberries? We're picking 1 or 2 lbs a day and after a couple of weeks we're completely sick of them. We're not keen on jam (but I'll be making some this weekend anyway) and my SIL has cornered the market in jam-as-Xmas-pressies, I've already made ice-cream, we're a bit smoothied out. I think even the neighbours are a bit sick of them.

What else can we do with them?

Pink.

Hi pinksleepybear,

There's an earlier thread with lots of ideas that should help so I've added your post to it to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Bombchelle

Clafoutis, sorbet, in salads and tarts.

thriftlady_2

Puree them (add sugar if you like) and add to sparkling wine or cider for a lovely summer drink. You can freeze the puree -save some for Christmas!

baby_fuzz

send them to me!
or can you not sell them?
(or sell jam)?

sandy2_2

can you dry them and use with cereals