Freeing The Freezer For A New Harvest: Dishes From Frozen Berries

Strawberries are blooming with might and main, berries have started on the bushes of currants and gooseberries, a new harvest is coming soon!

Strawberries are blooming with might and main, berries have started on the bushes of currants and gooseberries, a new harvest is coming soon! We will collect, eat and cook in reserve. True, many still have last year's containers filled with frozen berries in the freezer. You don't have to throw anything away! We share recipes for baking, compote and jam from frozen berries. For those who like to tinker in the kitchen, we offer yeast buns and cheesecake. And for those who are looking for simple and quick-to-cook dishes, we advise you to cook compote, smoothies, muffins and jams.

Cheesecake without baking

 

From cookies, butter, cream cheese and frozen berries, you can make an incredibly beautiful and very tasty cheesecake. We will not bake it, but send it to the refrigerator for 4 hours to freeze. Instead of the raspberries and strawberries stated in the recipe, you can use any other frozen berries.

Cheesecake Ingredients:

shortbread cookies - 250 g; butter at room temperature - 100 g; frozen strawberries, thawed - 200 g; frozen raspberries, thawed - 200 g; cream cheese (such as Philadelphia, mascarpone or almette) - 500 g; sugar - 200 g; fat cream - 300 g; fresh or frozen berries for garnish

Crush the cookies in a blender, add softened butter and beat again until smooth. Then put in a resealable form with sides (20 cm in diameter), covered with cling film, press well to the bottom and level with a glass. Send to the refrigerator until solidified.

Put the berries in a saucepan and put on a slow fire. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, mash the berries with a spoon. Then rub through a sieve. Cool down.

Beat cream cheese with sugar with a mixer, add cream and beat again. You can also add whipped cream to dense peaks, but then just gently mix the mass with a spatula. Add berry puree to the creamy mass, mix and spread over the biscuit base. Place in refrigerator for 4-6 hours until set.

If you want the cheesecake layers to be different in color and taste, then divide the creamy-protein mass into two equal parts and add raspberry puree to one and strawberry puree to the other. By the way, strawberries and blueberries look spectacular. Accordingly, you will have to lay out the layers in turn. First - a mixture of cream cheese with raspberries: spread over the base and put in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Then add the mixture with strawberries and now send it to the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Decorate the cheesecake with berries before serving. Enjoy!

Open pie with frozen berries

 

Use your favorite dough or dough according to our recipe to make the base for the pie. The dough, by the way, can be bought ready-made. The berries are lightly boiled with sugar and starch. Frozen berries can be taken different, handful. And you can use just one kind, 4 good handfuls.

Pie base ingredients:

flour - 2.5 cups; salt - a pinch; cold butter - 230 g; cold water - 6-8 tbsp. spoons.

Filling Ingredients:

sugar - 1 glass; starch - 1/4 cup; salt - a pinch; water - 1/3 cup; frozen blueberries - 1 cup; frozen raspberries - 1 cup; frozen strawberries - 1 glass; frozen blackberries - 1 cup; lemon juice - 1 tbsp. the spoon; butter - 30 g.

Preparing the dough for the base of the pie. In a large bowl, mix flour and salt, add grated butter on a coarse grater. Enter cold water, pushing the dough with a fork to set it. Divide the dough into two parts, one is slightly larger than the second. Form thick pancakes. Wrap both parts in cling film and refrigerate for an hour.

For the filling, in a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, and water; add the blueberries. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring, for two minutes. Remove from heat, add other berries and lemon juice to the mixture, stir.

Roll out a large piece of dough into a pancake, about half a centimeter thick. Put in a parchment-lined form, with a diameter of 22-24 cm, forming the sides. Pour the filling and stick in pieces of butter. Roll the smaller piece of dough into a pancake and cut into strips one and a half centimeters thick. Lay a lattice of strips on top of the filling, attach the edges to the sides.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place the pie in the oven for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and bake for 45-50 minutes. The dough should be golden brown and the berry filling should be bubbling. Cool down and serve!

Smoothie with frozen berries

 

To prepare a refreshing and healthy smoothie, you will need 250 ml of milk - regular or almond, 200 g of frozen berries and one ripe banana. Whisk all the ingredients until smooth and drink! If you like, garnish the smoothie in a glass with a couple of berries and a mint leaf.

Muffins with berries

 

Dark chocolate and raspberries are a great combination! Chop a chocolate bar, take a handful or two of frozen berries out of the freezer, add to any muffin dough and - into the oven! We offer to prepare the dough according to the recipe we have tested (link below). Do not defrost the berries, just add to the dough and mix gently with a spatula or stick the berries directly into the blanks. Excellent sweetness of muffins will be shaded by sour cranberries or currants.

Step-by-step recipe for making cupcakes with cherries >>>

Buns

 

Prepare yeast buns with frozen berries! Fluffy, layered, sweet, sour. And they can be dyed pink! We talk about everything in detail in a step-by-step recipe (link below). Eat warm buns with milk or a cup of coffee, treat your friends!

Step-by-step recipe for buns with photos here >>>

Compote

 

Compote you cook in just 5 minutes! Thus, you can destroy all stocks of berries quickly and profitably. Add sugar to the water, boil, and then add the frozen berries. Bring to a boil, cook for a few minutes and you're done! In summer you need to drink a lot. And what could be better than homemade compote? See step by step recipe.

A simple compote recipe >>>

Frozen gooseberry jam

 

Frozen gooseberry jam is easier to prepare than fresh. No need to wash and clean the berries! Pour frozen gooseberries with hot syrup and boil. Very simple! The result is sweet bombs bursting in the mouth with sourness. Overeating!

Step by step recipe for frozen gooseberry jam >>>