Strawberry

Sweet Strawberry Focaccia With Basil

Sweet Strawberry Focaccia With Basil

Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian, Modern Australian
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g plain four
  • 100 g fine semolina
  • 2 g Sea salt flakes
  • 380 ml warm water
  • 7 g dried yeast
  • 1 tsp ⁄2caster sugar
  • 1 cup ⁄4extra virgin olive oil
  • Extra plain flour to dust
  • Extra olive oil to grease
  • Extra semolina to dust
  • 2 x 250g punnets strawberries hulled, sliced into rounds
  • 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 cup ⁄3icing sugar mixture
  • 1 cup ⁄2basil leaves

Instructions
 

  • Combine flour, semolina and salt in a large bowl. In a medium jug, combine warm water, yeast, sugar and oil. Set aside for 3 minutes or until foamy.
  • Make a well in centre of flour mixture and gradually pour in yeast mixture. Using your hands, gradually combine ingredients to form a dough.
  • Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes or until smooth. If dough is too sticky to work with, add up to 100g extra flour.
  • Lightly grease a large bowl with extra oil. Transfer dough to bowl, then cover with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm and dry place for 45-60 minutes or until dough has doubled in size.
  • Dust an oven tray with extra semolina. Turn out dough onto prepared tray and shape into a rough oval. Dust with a little more extra semolina, cover with a clean dry tea towel and set aside to prove for 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C. Toss strawberry rounds with vinegar and 2 Tbsp of the icing sugar in a large bowl.
  • Stud dough with strawberry rounds, poking into indentations to stop dough from rising while baking. Dust with 1 Tbsp of the remaining icing sugar and drizzle over a little of the bowl juices from strawberries. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden.
  • Dust with remaining sugar and scatter over basil leaves. Slice into pieces and serve.
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The Perfect Strawberry Pavlova

The Perfect Strawberry Pavlova

Course Dessert
Cuisine Modern Australian
Servings 8 serves

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g egg whites at room temperature around 7 eggs
  • 500 g caster sugar
  • 20 g cornflour
  • 1 tsp of white vinegar
  • 500 ml thickened cream you may not use it all
  • 2 tablespoons icing sugar to flavour the cream and and more to dust
  • 250 g strawberries sliced - or more depending on your strawberry want!

Instructions
 

  • Preheat an oven to 140°C
  • Place egg whites in a clean, dry electric mixer and add a pinch of salt
  • Whisk on medium and keep whisking until ribbons start forming on the surface (if you see peaks - stop whisking!
  • Start adding the sugar spoon by spoon to ensure it gets well incorporated into the egg white.
  • Increase the mixer speed to high. If you do this earlier you risk over aerating the mix, which can cause more cracks than you want.
  • Whip for 5 minutes, then turn off the mixer.
  • Stir in cornflour, trickle in the white vinegar and make a couple of turns with a spatula to fold it in.
  • Have a baking tray lined with baking paper ready so you can shape the pavlova immediately. If your oven has a fierce fan, dot some meringue underneath the corners of the paper so it'll stick.
  • Pile the meringue onto the tray, then run a palette knife back and forth over the top to compress it into a beehive shape. This compacts the meringue so it won't stick.
  • Run the palette knife around the meringue to give it a smooth, round shape, ensuring it has contact with the paper so it has something to spring off, then gently press down from the centre to expand it to 20cm diameter.
  • Transfer tray to oven, and immediately turn it down to 100°C. Bake for 1 hour - don't open it, don't poke it - then turn off the oven and leave the pavlova to finish cooking as the temperature slowly drops for at least 6 hours or preferably overnight. This gives it time to set and helps form a thick crust.
  • When you are ready to serve - Whip the cream to desired consistency and add icing sugar to taste. using a pallet knife cover the top of the pav with cream (how much is a personal preference), top with strawberries and dust with icing sugar. Enjoy!
Festive, Strawberry

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE DOUGHNUTS

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE DOUGHNUTS

Servings 14 small doughnuts

Ingredients
  

  • 1 x 7g sachet dried yeast
  • 85 g caster sugar plus extra 11/2 cups (330g)
  • 80 ml lukewarm milk
  • 400 g plain flour
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 60 g unsalted butter chopped, softened
  • 160 g cream cheese softened
  • 100 g sour cream at room temperature
  • 11/2 tbs icing sugar sifted
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 250 g strawberries hulled, coarsely grated
  • Sunflower oil to deep-fry

Instructions
 

  • Combine yeast, 2 tsp caster sugar, milk and 1/3 cup (80ml) lukewarm water in a jug. Stand in a warm place for 10 minutes or until frothy.
  • Meanwhile, place flour and remaining 1/3 cup (75g) caster sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add yeast mixture and egg yolks, and knead until combined. With the motor running, add butter, 1 piece at a time, kneading well after each addition. Knead for 10 minutes or until butter is completely incorporated and dough is smooth and elastic (or knead by hand). Transfer to a greased bowl. Cover and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size. Divide dough into 14 even pieces, roll into tight balls and place on a greased tray. Cover and set aside for 20 minutes or until risen slightly.
  • Meanwhile, to make the cheesecake filling, in the cleaned stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk cream cheese, sour cream, 1 tbs icing sugar and vanilla until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a 1.5cm plain nozzle.
  • To make the strawberry filling, combine strawberries and remaining 2 tsp icing sugar in a bowl and transfer to another piping bag fitted with a 5mm plain nozzle. Half-fill a large saucepan or wok with oil and heat to 160°C (a cube of bread will turn golden in 3 minutes when oil is hot enough). Place extra caster sugar on a plate. In batches, fry doughnuts, turning halfway, for 8 minutes to cook through. Toss hot doughnuts in extra caster sugar, then drain on paper towel. Insert a knife into each doughnut to create a hole.
  • Pipe in cheesecake filling, then strawberry filling. Scatter with ground dried strawberries, if using, to serve.
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