Strawberry Orange Ade Food

STRAWBERRY ORANGE SMOOTHIES

Steps:

• Place half of each ingredient in a blender; cover and process until blended. Pour into chilled glasses. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Serve immediately.

STRAWBERRY-ORANGE FOOL

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine sour cream, powdered sugar, orange peel and liqueur; blend well. Fold in whipped topping.
• For each serving, use 1/3 cup orange cream and 3/4 cup strawberries. In each dessert dish, layer 2 tablespoons cream, half of berries, 2 tablespoons cream, remaining half of berries and remaining cream. Refrigerate until serving time. If desired, serve garnished with additional sliced berries. Store in refrigerator.

STRAWBERRY ORANGE SHAKES

Steps:

• In a blender, combine orange juice, milk, strawberries and sugar. Cover and process until smooth. Add the ice cubes; cover and process until mixture reaches desired consistency. Pour into glasses; garnish with strawberry, orange wedge and mint sprig if desired. Serve immediately.

MEXICAN STRAWBERRY WATER (AGUA DE FRESA)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together sliced strawberries, sugar, and 1 cup of water. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
• Remove the strawberry mixture from the refrigerator and pour into a blender. Blend on high until smooth. Pour the blended berry mixture through a wire mesh strainer set over a large mixing bowl; discard the pulp and seeds.
• Add the remaining 7 cups cold water to the pureed strawberries and mix well. Place the Aqua de Fresa in the refrigerator to chill for several hours or pour over ice and serve immediately. Garnish with lime slices or mint leaves.

STRAWBERRY-ORANGE SPREAD

Steps:

• Mix strawberries, pectin, orange peel and orange juice in 3-quart saucepan until pectin is dissolved. Heat over high heat about 2 minutes, stirring constantly, to rolling broil. Stir in sugar. Heat to rolling boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
• Skim off foam. Immediately pour into hot, sterilized jar, leaving 1/4-inch headspace, or into freezer containers, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe rims of jars or containers; seal. Let stand at room temperature about 24 hours or until set. Store in refrigerator or freezer up to 3 months.

ORANGEADE

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan; cook at a boil for 3 minutes, stirring to dissolve sugar, and creating a simple syrup.
• Combine simple syrup, 6 cups water, orange juice, and lemon juice in a large pitcher; refrigerate until cold.

STRAWBERRIES AND ORANGES IN SYRUP

Steps:

• Bring water and sugar to a boil and cook until clear and sugar is dissolved (2-3 minutes). Let syrup cool briefly and add basil. Set aside to steep and cool.
• Wash strawberries, removing and discarding caps and then cut into quarters (or sixths if you have huge berries).
• Cut away the orange peel from the oranges, and then cut oranges into sections.
• Put the strawberries and orange pieces (and orange juice) in a bowl. Toss. Pour syrup over fruit. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.

STRAWBERRY ORANGE ADE

Steps:

• Chop strawberries and add to an 8-cup blender pitcher.
• Add orange juice and lemon zest.
• Strip basil leaves and blend with strawberries.
• Garnish with a fresh basil leaf before serving over ice (or use frozen strawberries in step one for a nice chilly treat!).

STRAWBERRY-ORANGE FOOL

Steps:

• Blend 2 cups of the strawberries, and 1/2 cup of the sugar in a blender or food processor until smooth. Transfer to medium saucepan and cook over medium heat until bubbling and just thickened. Set aside to cool, then refrigerate and chill for about 1 hour. Stir in remaining 1 cup strawberries.
• In a medium clean, cold bowl, beat cream with the remaining 2 tablespoons of the sugar and liqueur until stiff peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into strawberry mixture. Chill fool until beginning to set, about 30 minutes.

STRAWBERRY ORANGE DAIQUIRI

Steps:

• Using a vegetable peeler or zester, remove the zest of the orange, taking care to leave the pith behind.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat whisk together the sugar with 1/4 cup water and the orange zest. Bring to a simmer and remove from heat. Cool to room temperature.
• Reserve 4 strawberries for garnish and remove the hulls and roughly chop the remainder. Add the strawberries with the juice of the orange to a blender and fill with ice. Add the cooled orange simple syrup and blend until smooth. Add the rum, if desired, and blend. Pour into glasses and garnish with reserved strawberries.

STRAWBERRY-ORANGE SORBET

Steps:

• Stir 1 cup water and sugar in small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. Chill sugar syrup until cold, about 1 hour.
• Combine sliced strawberries, fresh orange juice and orange peel in processor. Puree until smooth. With processor running, gradually add chilled sugar syrup and process until well blended. Transfer sorbet mixture to 13x9x2-inch glass dish. Freeze just until sorbet is firm, stirring every 30 minutes, about 3 hours total. Transfer frozen sorbet to processor. Puree until smooth. Spoon into dessert glasses and serve immediately or freeze in covered container up to 3 days.