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<\/a>Early Glow Strawberry Oven-Preserves with Yogurt<\/p><\/div>\n
This is it: the moment when our late Spring fantasies finally come to fruition\u00a0 We’ve been seeing those big, sour Driscoll strawberries in the grocery stores for months, and pretending Spring is strawberry season. But this ain’t California, and I’ve learned to be patient. And finally: real, red, pretty, strawberries are in the local farmers’ markets. I fell victim to their charms last week. I saw, I tasted, and I bought one 6 dollar quart of them without even batting an eye.\u00a0 Then I walked around the corner of the market and spotted a table of even redder, riper, sweeter (I tasted again) strawberries. Oh, I bought those too. Early Glows<\/strong>, I was told- a super sweet and juicy variety. Get them while you can.\u00a0 Based on my rudimentary research, only Sycamore Farms<\/a> from Middletown, NY is selling these super-sweet berries at the Union Square greenmarket right now.<\/p>\n For three mornings I rinsed a few lovelies and served them up, judiciously selecting only the amount I thought we’d eat, so none would be waterlogged and go to waste. But my children are odd and even though the first words out of my 9 year old son’s mouth were: “Those are some Sweeeeet strawberries!”, neither he nor his little brother ate more than two. I did my part, but come Sunday, I still had more than a quart of strawberries, now somewhat over-ripe, sitting around.<\/p>\n Wanting to bake a treat I knew<\/em> would get eaten, I made this:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Strawberry-Pistachio Crumb Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n This lovely, tender cake is a simple thing to make and you do NOT need a mixer.<\/p>\n Pistachio Crumb Topping:<\/strong> Stir together 3\/4 cup four, 1\/2 cup sugar ( I used some brown and some white), 11\/4 cup coarsely chopped toasted pistachios, 1\/4 teaspoon salt, 1\/4 teaspoon ground cardamom (if you have it), 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted.<\/p>\n Cake:<\/strong> Preheat oven to 350 with rack in the center. Butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, tapping out excess flour.<\/p>\n Whisk together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl:<\/strong> 1 1\/2 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1\/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1\/4 teaspoon salt.<\/p>\n Cream together:<\/strong> 1 stick room temperature unsalted butter and 2\/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy- give it some elbow grease. Add 2 large eggs, beating well after each addition. Stir in 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract.<\/p>\n Mix in, alternating:<\/strong> the flour mixture and 1\/4 cup buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Spread into prepared pan and smooth top so it’s even. Dot with halved or quartered strawberries, to lightly cover the surface (about 2 cups). Sprinkle pistachio crumb topping over strawberries, and bake until cake is golden and a skewer or thin knife comes out clean when inserted in center, 55-60 minutes.\u00a0 Cook on a rack for 10 minutes, and then invert quickly onto a tray- place rack on bottom and invert again, so crumb is on top. Let cool before cutting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ever the home economist, I decided to save gas and cook off the remaining over-ripe strawberries while the oven was on, so I made this: Early Glow<\/strong> Strawberry O<\/strong>ven-Preserves <\/strong>for spooning onto yogurt, ice cream, anything.<\/p>\n Toss:<\/strong> 2 cups halved or quartered strawberries with about 2 tablespoons sugar and 1\/4 cup water in a deep-sided baking dish. Bake<\/strong> at 350 until tender and lightly syrupy, abut 1 hour. Let cool, transfer to a jar, and store in the refrigerator at least 2 weeks- if they last that long.<\/p>\n no strawberry shall <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is it: the moment when our late Spring fantasies finally come to fruition\u00a0 We’ve been seeing those big, sour Driscoll strawberries in the grocery stores for months, and pretending Spring is strawberry season. But this ain’t California, and … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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