Strawberry Squash
Recipe: #17683
March 04, 2015
Categories: Beverages, Desserts, Snacks, Strawberry, Baby Shower, Valentine's Day, Gluten-Free, Low Fat, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Ice Cream, Kosher Dairy, more
"This tasty strawberry treat is from THE BEST OF COOKING by Arne Kruger & Annette Wolter (pineapple variation also noted). It was described as a "pre-dinner" drink, but works as an after school treat or dessert & might also be fun for a family of 4 to share -- As written for the kids for the 1st 2 portions & then adding 2 tbsp rum for the 2 adult portions. (Time does not include 30 min for the strawberries to "sit" in the sugar) Enjoy!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (513.7 g)
- Calories 219.2
- Total Fat - 4.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.1 g
- Cholesterol - 11.9 mg
- Sodium - 893.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 44.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4 g
- Sugars - 35.3 g
- Protein - 5.4 g
- Calcium - 160.3 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 54.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Halve strawberries & place in a bowl. Sprinkle w/the sugar, stir to combine & leave for 30 min to sweeten the strawberries & extract their juice.
Step 2
Using a blender (or immersion blender) puree strawberries & juice created.
Step 3
Except for the ice cubes, add the remaining ingredients & blend until well-mixed. Pour into 4 glasses & add 1 ice cube to each glass.
Step 4
NOTE: I entered this recipe as written, but dislike the watered effect from ice cubes. So I freeze the milk in a freezer container (or ice cube tray) as my 1st prep step. Using very cold milk w/the ice crystals that often form means no ice cubes are needed when prep is done & you are ready to serve when blending is done.
Step 5
PINEAPPLE VARIATION: Replace strawberries w/canned or fresh pineapple & use vanilla ice cream.
Tips
- Immersion blender if not using a standard blender.