Early spring in Louisiana means strawberry season. No matter where you are, embrace the short, sweet season with this roundup of recipes. From refreshing salads to decadent desserts, strawberries add a burst of flavor and color to any dish. These versatile berries inspire so many delicious culinary creations. Read on for berry, berry scrumptious recipes.
1- Strawberry Bruschetta
Our Strawberry Dark Balsamic is in great company with tangy goat cheese, fresh, juicy strawberries and tomatoes and bright basil. We love the simplicity of this quick appetizer. Pair it with a salad for a delicious lunch or light dinner.
2- Strawberry Shrub
Shrub syrups are a non-alcoholic mixers made with fruit, vinegar, spices and aromatics. The vinegar component makes for this multi-layered sip. We had fun with Louisiana strawberries and our Strawberry Balsamic Vinegar. With this syrup tucked away in the fridge, the drink possibilities are endless!
3- Strawberry Shortcakes
Strawberry Shortcake. Those two words just make us smile. What a perfect dessert to enjoy with tea. With that, we thought, how about we make the dessert with tea? Enter our Italian Blood Orange Tea. We steeped it, sweetened it and used it to soak the sliced berries to coax out the juices. The honey-sweet characteristics of the rooibos and bright orange were the perfect pair to get the berries to shine. All that plus flaky shortbread and clouds of whipped cream. Big, big smile.
Read about this recipe in our Spring Tea Lookbook: Art-TEA-stry
4- Quick Strawberry Sauce
Just a few ingredients, and you’ll be on your way to a delicious sauce that doubles as a filling or a jam. We love this one on ice cream. Try with our No Churn Vanilla Ice Cream. We’ve used this berry goodness as a filling for homemade pop tarts and a topping for biscuits. Grab some berries and let’s jam!
5- Strawberry Balsamic Glazed Lamb Chops
These rich and satisfying, lamb chops are a quick dish that results in a luxurious meal. We teamed rosemary and strawberry for a match made in culinary heaven. Our It’s Greek to Me Blend and Rosemary Sea Salt are dry rubbed on the lamb before searing and finishing with our sweet, syrupy Strawberry Balsamic. Decadent!
6- Fresh Strawberry Lemonade
As a child, store owner Anne lived for Louisiana strawberry season, and this lemonade was one of her favorite treats. You don’t have to wait for strawberry season. This recipe is just as delicious with frozen berries. Our Pure Strawberry Extract helps give a flavor boost to this beautiful and refreshing drink.
7- Louisiana Strawberries with Ice Cream and Salted Pistachio Cookie Crumble
Apple Pie Spice isn’t just for apple pies and we think this will convince you! Delicious, buttery Apple Pie spiced pistachio crumbles on vanilla ice cream with juicy Louisiana strawberries macerated with Vanilla Sugar. This is the best summertime dessert!
8- Strawberry Ice Cream
Cool, creamy and refreshing, this Strawberry Ice Cream is just the thing for Strawberry season. Strawberries can be a bit of our tough customer when it comes to getting their flavor to shine in cold desserts. We employ a pastry chef trick and use Raspberry Extract to coax full flavor and sweetness from the strawberries. Then we use Vanilla Bean Sugar to create the sweet strawberry puree. The result is this rich and creamy and oh, so delicious sweet treat.
9- Strawberry Fool
A fool is a classic, light and creamy British dessert that includes berries or stone fruit folded into sweetened whipped cream. This strawberry fool is simple to make and is a must during the peak of strawberry season. Or not. Because the strawberries are cooked into a compote, frozen strawberries are the perfect stand in for fresh. We coax out big, beautiful strawberry flavor by adding in Raspberry Extract – one of our favorite pastry chef tricks. This velvety, fruity treat is perfectly elegant and a must for your next dinner party.
10 – Almond Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream
Buttery almond cake reminiscent of a wedding cake topped with sweet strawberry frosting. What a dream! Both the cake and frosting come together quickly, and cupcakes bake up in half that time of a cake. Dreamy!
This frosting gives big flavor from a tag team of extracts: Strawberry Extract and Raspberry Extract. Strawberries are known for being tough customers when it comes to big flavor. Raspberry Extract is your secret sauce when it comes to coaxing out all the berry goodness.
