Care of Berries
- Berries need to be handled with care.
- Keep in cool place
- Do not wash until ready to use.
- Cap berries after washing.
- Sort and use the ripest berries first.
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Freezing Strawberries
Wash berries and drain. Remove stems and slice berries as you stem them. Berries can be frozen without sugar for use in pies or in other cooked desserts.
To sweeten: use ½ cup sugar to 4 cups sliced berries. Stir and freeze immediately.
Freezing Whole Berries
- Wash small to medium berries and drain well on paper towels.
- Don’t remove stems.
- Place in freezer on cookie sheet – one layer at a time.
- After frozen, place berries in freezer bags.
- Use, uncapped, for ice rings and garnishing.
- Remove caps and use in fruit salads and fruit cups.
Freezer Jam
2 cups crushed berries (at room temperature)
4 cups sugar
¾ cup water
1 box powdered fruit pectin
In a large bowl, add sugar to the fruit and stir well. Let stand for ten minutes. In a saucepan, boil ¾ cup water and the fruit pectin for one minute, stirring constantly. Add the hot pectin and water to the fruit and continue stirring for 3 minutes. Put into containers. Let stand for 24 hours and store in freezer. Fills five or six ½ pint jars.
Easy Strawberry Pie
1 9" pie shell, baked
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 Tbsp white syrup
1 qt. fresh Gettings Strawberries
1 small box strawberry gelatin
3 Tbsp cornstarch
Boil sugar, water, cornstarch and syrup; add dry strawberry gelatin and cook until thickened. -- Cool.
When cool, add strawberries and pour into pie shell. -- Refrigerate. |
