Yes yes, another food post!
Lots of stuff has been going on over here, and none of it is very positive and I don't really feel like posting about it. SO, I'll opt for posting about food!
Eric has the week off, so we've been plugging around and doing lil things here and there...today, we managed to hit up the Turk Turk market over in Zolder since it's been a while for the both of us. I used to haunt it a lot, but I get easily distracted or end up having plans whenever it's scheduled. SO, we finally invaded them and snagged some beautiful produce! In fact, I was able to get three good sized cartons of strawberries for 12 euros (a small carton usually runs 5.50 euro in the local grocery stores) and the strawberries were gorgeous AND huge! YESSSSS!! Plus, we got a hefty half of watermelon, some apples, oranges, preserved lemons (so I can bust out with some Turkish food in my Tagine) and some Turkish feta sammiches.
Due to the blueberry honey butter coming out so fabulous, I figured I'd give it a shot and see how it'd come out with strawberries. Truth be told, it's UH-mazing!
2 cups of pureed strawberries
3 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
Wash the strawberries, then cut the green tops off. Once you're all done with them, toss them into the blender & puree them.
Once they're pureed, you need to strain the liquid so you get most of the seeds out. It takes some time and patience to sift through the puree & force it through the strainer, but it'll be worth it.
Here's what the strainer should look like. By straining it, you won't have a gritty texture in the butter spread.
This is how the puree should look once you're done straining it. Nice and smooth! Kinda smells like fruit roll ups to me, lol
In a small sauce pan, warm up the strawberry puree till it's bubbly (stir once in a while), then add in the honey as well as lemon juice. Let it simmer for about twenty minutes, then take it off the burner and allow it to cool. If you want it a little sweeter, by all means, add more honey as you go along while it's simmering. The butter will mellow out the flavor once it's added in.
When the mixture has cooled completely, pour it back into the blender in addition to the butter. Puree once again, then pour it into whatever container your little heart desires!
Tah-dah!
Easy peezy! Enjoy!
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