Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Summer Produce. Award

Monday I002 (2) was out of fresh asparagus so obviously we had to go and get some. Whilst there I mentioned to Tim Barrie that the chive flowers on their plants were delicious, and pretty, in salads so he said I should help myself. I did take a few. Actually – not that I am much of a gardener – but if you do have chives you are supposed to pick off the flowers any003way and really they do look great in a salad plus adding an oniony tang. These weren’t really fresh enough, but I was popping them into my mouth anyway. In between eating spears of raw asparagus of course. This was my latest asparagus haul and of course I had some, so did Matt, for supper last night. Forgot I also bought some strawberries so they too were consumed. With Double Devon Cream although I strawberrieshad to be very careful not to eat too much of that, it is not exactly low in calories and I am on a diet after all. They were pretty good berries, but the best I have ever had in North America were at one particular farm in Morehead City, North Carolina. I showed my purchases to a neighbour in the elevator and she said her husband wouldn’t eat asparagus, he said he used to have asparagus in his back yard and used to spray it to kill it. Horrors. However, I found that one of the sales girls at the farm eats as much asparagus as I do.

I was sent an Inspiration Liebster Award today, but its going to take me a bit to sort it all out and answer the questions.

I love Strawberries Romanoff but I have had trouble finding a genuine recipe. A lot of them add ice cream, definitely not original. Sour cream is also not original. Even this is not quite right but sounds as though it would be good and close to the real thing.Copyright © 2013 The FOURnet Information Network. All rights reserved. Obtain the thickest cream you can find, if you are able to buy Double Devon Cream nothing could be better - I would blend it with whipping cream prior to whipping it. I then found I had posted a recipe two years ago.

Strawberries Romanoff

Servings: 4-6 Romanoff

Ingredients

2 pints fresh strawberries or 2 pints sliced strawberries
1/2 C brown sugar
1/4 cup Grand Marnier (orange liqueur)
1/4 cup orange juice, no pulp
2 cups thick cream

Directions

Mix the sugar, liqueur and orange juice together and marinate (actually I think the correct term is macerate) the berries . Meanwhile whip up the cream. Just prior to service, fold the marinated berries into the cream.

Have a great day

Jo_thumb[2]

22 comments:

  1. I love the look of this Romanoff. I'm sure my husband would adore me for trying to whip this up-- copying the recipe now, thank you :)

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    1. As I said, Romanoff is one of my favourites. Hope you enjoy it.

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  2. I like picking the flowers off my chives and sprinkling them over my salads too. The only problem is it does horrible things to my breath! I have to give my teeth and tongue at least two good brushes afterwards to get things right again. But, it's usually worth it. (: Another thing I enjoy is Grand Marnier, so that Romanoff sounds amazing to me. I bet I could add Grand Marnier to any fruit salad to give it that extra je ne sais quoi. I don't know why I never thought of adding it before...oh right, the kids. ;)

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    1. Have you tried champagne in your fruit salads, it works very well, if you haven't got kids around. Of course, in France, they would probably allow the kids to eat it anyway.

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    2. No I haven't tried the champagne but that sounds lovely too. Funny thing, my neighbor brought over a big bowl of fresh strawberries from her garden today and I set aside a few so I can add some Grand Marnier to them, it'll be my truncated version of the Romanoff once the kids go to sleep. (;

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    3. Wot no cream??? And you living in France. At least you can get really good cream there same as in the UK.

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  3. If I ever get over to Morehead during strawberry season, I'll look for strawberries.

    As good as they are here in NC, the ones in OR were even better - bigger, juicier, and with a sweeter flavor. Even our local grower admits they are better.

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  4. Its a farm on Hiway 70 just out of Morehead where we found the best berries. They had super produce there too. Can't remember the name of the farm.

    Knew I had always wanted to go to Oregon.

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  5. Mmm, strawberries. Love, love, love strawberry shortcake! Actually anything with strawberries.

    I made my eggplant, delicious! I added green beans and had left overs for omelets! Hubby loved it!

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    1. Funnily enough, strawberry shortcake has never floated my boat.

      Glad you enjoyed the eggplant, especially that your hubby did so. Another one you might like to Google for is Ratatouille. Pronounced ratatwee not ratatooee.

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    2. That is funny, but there are so many recipes out there for strawberry shortcake, my problem, I like them all! :) I can't eat any of them now, but the memories are lovely!

      I've asked for folks to post the covers on July 5, if that doesn't work July 8th is fine.

      Thanks for your help Jo! So appreciated.

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    3. July 5 it is, no problem.

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  6. The strawberry dish sounds like Heaven!

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  7. I'm not a fan of strawberry shortcake either but chive flowers are yummy. I grow a long border of chives just so I can use the flowers as well as the leaves - and they're pretty too.

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    1. Must be 'cos we aren't Americans or something.

      Love the idea of a long border of chives for the flowers. They are pretty. Sometimes which I had a herb garden still.

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  8. Yummy-looking. I also love asparagus and strawberries.

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    1. Both have such a short season though. I find the non-local varieties are not as good.

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  9. Geez, how could I miss that cup! Yummy Yummy! Now this is the kind of things that get a reaction from me similar to what chocolate may get from the rest of the world.

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    1. I love both although I admit I love chocolate best.

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  10. Yes! Strawberries! Much better than that old asparagus stuff. ;-) My other house is right beside a farm that includes several acres of strawberries. It's almost paradise.

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  11. Your other house??? I could wander around an acre or two of berries quite happily. Not sure how my back would stand up to it mind you.

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