I love the summer season, which brings me, to my immense delight, a magnificent and abundant variety of fruits and vegetables. This abundance feeds my artistic side, fills my head with tasty recipes and satisfies my heart.
I love how simple it is to transform strawberries with just a few ingredients and a little time. So here are a few recipes borrowed from here and there:
First of all, you need a good variety of strawberries, and lots of them. To make my recipes, I bought a well-stocked tray (better known as a crate). I washed the strawberries in water, then hulled and sorted them by size.
The first step is to set the strawberry tails aside in a container to make the strawberry water and jelly, which consists of adding 1 cup of water to 4 cups of strawberry tails and 1/4 cup of sugar (I stay away from refined white sugar). Stir lightly and refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours.
Strawberry water: After chilling (see above), strain the liquid through a sieve or absorbent cotton. At this stage, the craziness starts, you have to taste it, let yourself be inspired by the thousand and one avenues such as: making ice cubes for drinks, making jelly for desserts, as an accompaniment to aperitifs, as it is in juice to flavour sparkling water, to add to a simple vinaigrette….. Let inspiration guide you and have fun!
Your gourmet in chief!
Marie-Noëlle
