Why is it that anything with “cream” is wonderful? Coffee with cream, cookies & cream ice-cream, peaches & cream, cream cheese brownies, whipped cream…just to name a few! Strawberries were an integral part of my childhood. My grandfather and my father raised acres of strawberries to sell. People from miles around came to pick crates of berries and local neighbor kids were hired to pick berries to sell to those people did not chose to pick their own.
I learned how to plant strawberries, weed, water, pick, stem and freeze these luscious gems! During the month of June we nearly foundered on fresh strawberry shortcake, strawberry pie, strawberries on ice-cream and just plain juicy red strawberries straight from the patch!
During our stay in Mexico, we went to a local ice-cream parlor and ordered what the locals suggested…strawberries & cream.
I intently watched the process so I could duplicate this wonderful dessert for our family at home. I love easy schmeezy and this can be prepared in about one minute.
Take a one pint carton of frozen sweetened sliced strawberries. Zap carton and contents in microwave for about 1 minute. You still want the berries to be partially frozen. Fill large plastic glass 1/3 full with cream. (I assumed it was similar to half and half) Open carton of berries and dump on top. Stick in a heavy plastic spoon and enjoy! (and trust me…you will enjoy this!)
So you don’t do anything to the cream, like whip it? Did you use half and half yourself or whipping cream?
Just plain half and half! See how easy it is? There is enough sugar in the berries to sweeten the cream and the half frozen berries almost turns it into ice cream. Oh my, it is good. It could have only been better if it were warm outside, if you can tell by the photo, we were freezing!