If you're planning a romantic dinner for two, there's nothing better than strawberry recipes for dessert. Not only is it a fragrant, bright, delicious berry, it also carries a special subtext)) You can make a delicate, refined restaurant-level dessert or a simpler but no less delicious homemade version of it — the choice is yours.
The five most commonly used ingredients in strawberry dessert recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberries | 30 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7 |
| Sugar | 398 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 |
| Gelatin | 355 | 87.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Milk | 68 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| Cream | 300 | 2.8 | 20 | 3.6 |
The easiest and most affordable way to make a strawberry dessert is a delicate mousse. The minimum set of ingredients: strawberries, sour cream, sugar, gelatin. To boost the visual effect, a couple of mint leaves, a cookie, or a bit of sponge cake are added for decoration. Strawberries can be used whole, as a puree, or both. Start by making the mousse from any available recipe with step-by-step photos. Add either berry puree or pieces of berries to it. It all sets in a mold and is served in a dish or out of it (out of the mold, the mousse holds well and doesn't slump). With this mousse you can make layered desserts in a glass or on their own, alternating layers with fresh berries, whole sponge cake, or pieces of sugar cookies (ideally ladyfingers).
An even simpler recipe is serving fresh strawberries with whipped cream. The two are served in separate dishes. The whipped cream can be sweet or plain. For occasions like these, strawberries are best large, whole, sweet, and blemish-free. It's better not to pull off the tops — you hold the berries by them, dip them in cream, and eat.
Another good way to serve a strawberry dessert is in wide, short dessert glasses in the layered arrangements already mentioned above. A layer of sliced strawberries goes on the bottom. Then a layer of any sweet cream or that same whipped cream, followed by pieces of sponge cake. Strawberries again, a layer of chocolate, a layer of cookies, a layer of any other berries/fruit. You can bring your imagination in and use different fillings.
The five fastest strawberry dessert recipes:
| Dish name | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage cheese dessert in a blender for children | 5 min | 92 | +66 |
| Light and delicious strawberry salad with peaches and pears | 5 min | 44 | +79 |
| Bananas with strawberries in caramel | 10 min | 129 | +51 |
| Salad "Charm" | 10 min | 166 | +24 |
| Fruit and berry dessert | 10 min | 32 | +41 |
Strawberries are wonderful in ice cream, in baking, in cocktails — both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Also in jelly, in fillings, cold cakes, mousse cakes, hot drinks like coffee, roulades, creams, fudges, homemade candies, and so on.