What to do with strawberries, which for several days

If your strawberries have lain for several days in the fridge and looks not so appetizing, do not rush to throw it.

1. Prepare strawberry sauce

Strawberry juice is easy to give, if you mix it with a couple of spoons of sugar. Just sprinkle with sugar, berries and leave it for half an hour. You get ready strawberry sauce.

They can be impregnated with biscuits, water ice, or porridge. Keep this sauce in the refrigerator for no more than a week.

2. Make butter with strawberry

Butter can be mixed with almost anything: herbs, garlic, berries - and get an unusual butter sandwich.

Wash the strawberries, cut all unnecessary with berries and then mix them with the other ingredients. On ⅓ cup sliced ​​berries, you will need:

• 1 pack butter room temperature;
• 2 tablespoons of honey;
• one large lemon zest;
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla.

Butter cut into cubes. Mix all ingredients except the strawberries in a food processor, then add the berries and whisk until the mixture becomes pink. You can leave in oil pieces of berries, if desired. Put oil on parchment paper, giving it the form of briquettes and store in the refrigerator until it solidifies. This strawberry butter can be stored a couple of weeks, and in the freezer, it will lie and year.

3. Use as an addition to cocktails

Strawberry drink any give year-old taste. Just mash the berries in a shaker, add the remaining ingredients and cook cocktail normally.

For example, prepare a strawberry daiquiri. For him, you will need:

• 4-5 strawberries;
• 2 tablespoons sugar;
• 35 ml rum;
• 1 tablespoon orange liqueur or other;
• 25 ml lime juice;
• ice.

Mash strawberries and mix it with the remaining ingredients in a shaker, shake well, strain and pour the drink into a cocktail glass. Garnish with strawberries or a slice of lime.

4. Treat yourself to a strawberry ice cream

Chopped strawberries can easily be turned into ice cream. If berries are not very many, add to them any juice. If you have a lot of strawberries, mix it with a couple of spoons of sugar and leave for half an hour to stand out juice. Mix everything in a blender, pour into molds and store in the freezer.

To make the taste even more fresh and summer, add a bit of strawberry juice and lime zest.

5. Mix smoothies

Everything is simple. Cut off all unnecessary with berries and put them in a blender along with your favorite ingredients smoothies.

To save time in the morning, spread sliced ​​berries of portioned packages and freeze.