Strawberry Recipes

Most of our strawberry recipes are quick and easy they have been proven with time over the years we have been in business

Strawberry Jam

Same weight of fruit to sugar juice of ½ a lemon to 3kg of fruit.
Wash and sterilize jars. 6 300gm jars to 3kg fruit
Stir in sugar with fruit in a large saucepan
Let stand for at least an hour so sugar softens fruit
Add juice cook over a medium heat stirring constantly while fruit is softening
Then cook until most fruit is dissolved and mixture coats the back of a spoon
Pour into sterilized jars and seal

Strawberries in Balsamic Vinegar

Hull 500gms strawberries and place in bowl with 3tbsp caster sugar and11/12 tbsp balsamic vinegar combine and leave for an hour before serving with syrup serve with cream, ice-cream or yoghurt

Strawberries with Black Pepper and Mascarpone Cheese Serves 4

Hull and slice 1kg of fresh strawberries into a bowl and sprinkle with 2 tbsp of icing sugar let sit for at least half an hour to let strawberry juice bleed. Mix 125gms of mascarpone cheese with seeds of 2 vanilla pods season with pepper.
Divide strawberries between serving plates with a generous dollop of cheese seasoned with more black pepper to taste.

Strawberry Icy Poles

Puree your 500gms strawberries add 750ml bottle of lemonade and freeze in icy pole moulds. Adjust recipe to taste.

Glazed Strawberries

In a small saucepan, place
1 cup of sugar
¼ cup of water
½ teaspoon liquid glucose

Stir until sugar is dissolved, gradually heating, bring to boil (do not Stir). Place on lid. Let boil 1 minute. This dissolves any crystals around the sides. Boil until hard crack stage. Remove and tilt pan. Hold Strawberries by the stem and dip into liquid and swirl around until coated. Place fruit on an oiled dish or piece of foil. Let stand for two hours before serving.
To Store place berries between pieces of waxed paper

Simple dips for Your Strawberries

Caramel sauce
Pierce a can of sweetened condensed milk twice
Place can into a saucepan add water to 2/3rd the height of the can to make water bath
Bring water to a slow boil and simmer for 45minutes or until contents thickens and darkens in colour. Warning do not boil dry!
Cool the can and when opened you have a great sauce for dipping your strawberries

Homemade Chocolate Sauce
Place200gms of chopped dark chocolate in a microwave proof jug with ½ cup of thickened cream microwave on high for 3 minutes stirring with metal spoon after each minute or until smooth add a tbsp of Kahlua if desired. Sauce with keep in fridge for up to 2 weeks

Hot Chocolate Sauce
Great Strawberry Dipping Sauce
Finely 20gms of dark or milk chocolate into a heat proof bowl and blend with 200mls of cream. Set over simmering water. Stir constantly for 5-6 minutes as the chocolate melts removing from heat if sauce gets too hot. Add a tbsp of Portland Strawberry Liqueur if you like serve hot.

Frank’s Strawberry Sauce

2 ½ Kilos Strawberries (hulled)
2 ½ Cups Sugar
Juice & zest of 2 to 3 lemons
1/3-cup garlic cloves chopped
½ cup grated ginger root
2 Onions chopped
3 cups palm vinegar
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon Vietnamese pepper
(Black ground)
1 tablespoon minced chilli (to personal taste)
1-1/2 to 2 tablespoons “saucesetta”

Boil & Reduce 2 – 3 hrs or so
Puree till fine
Reboil ½ hr
Bottle

Strawberry Wine and Strawberry Liqueur Recipe Ideas

Champagne Cocktail
Place a Strawberry in a glass with a dash of Portland Strawberry Liqueur to Taste top with Champagne

Strawberry Champagne Punch
Mix 2kg chopped strawberries (Frozen Strawberries work well too) with 375mls of Portland Strawberry Liqueur or Portland Strawberry Wine and chill. Place into a punch bowl just before serving and add 3 bottles of Champagne.
Spoonfuls of marinated strawberries added to Champagne glasses also works well too.

Portland Strawberry Liqueur as a Mixer
Place30mls our Liqueur in a glass with ice add mineral water or lemonade. A touch of brown lime is very refreshing on a hot Day.

Strawberry Wine as a Mixer
Our Strawberry wine is great on its own but can be mixed with mineral or lemonade to taste, a great a lower alcohol option.

Portland Strawberry Liqueur Cooking Recipe Ideas

Sauces
Place desired amount of liqueur in a jug and place in the freezer at least an hour before serving. The liqueur will thicken but not freeze and makes a great dessert sauce for summer.
Add to Adult chocolate or fruit sauces either hot or cold to add some great flavour and punch.

Trifles, Whipped Cream, Desserts
Add a tbsp or two to of Liqueur to 200mls of whipping cream before beating.

Use cream in Cakes, Trifles and very effective in cream puffs.
Portland Strawberry liqueur or wine works well with trifles its soaks in the cake and adds divine flavour to an old fashion dessert. Deserts using sponge fingers and berry fruit soak your fruit in Portland Strawberry Liqueur place fruit on top of sponge fingers and serve with cream or ice-cream is yum and always a hit.

Portland Strawberries Injected Drunken Strawberries
Buy a large needle and syringe 5 to 10ml (farm supply stores have them)