| Show Desserts Made With Strawberries Are Ideal for Spring Menus Small baskets neatly packed with strawberries gay fragrant fragrant fragrant fra fra- grant harbingers of springtime add add color and splendor to markets markets markets mar mar- now that this joyous season season season sea sea- son is surely here No other fruit presents a more irresIstible irresistible irresistible ible temptation to the spring marketer For the strawberry is everyone's favorite rich in flavorsome juices and nostalgic recollections of childhood treasUre treasure treasure treas treas- ure hunts for these sweet delic- delic of ot garden or woodland Strawberries have inspired good cooks in all ages to create the vast array of dessert fancies compounded of these red berries sugar pastry and cream This year year with with the sugar bowls of the nation limited cooks will willbe willbe willbe be casting about for dessert services starring this fruit with little or no sugar Classic Dessert The classic strawberry service of this kind is strawberries in win wine No one knows who first firstI discovered the special flavor at- at I finity of strawberries and wine but through the ages each in individual individual individual in- in cook seems to fe feel l that thrill of discovery as he or she samples for the first time the mingled flavor and fragrance of strawberries and wine When strawberries are marinated marinated marinated mari mari- in in one of the fine tine dessert win wines s Muscatel Port Tokay or Angelica no sugar is needed need- need i ed The wine with its high grape content supplies sufficient sufficient dent sweetness for this and many other fruit desserts It also d of the rich flavor of the berry bringing out all of the rich natural goodness Tribute fo to Guests Strawberries in wine is a dessert dessert dessert des des- sert that pays high tribute to the discrimination and good taste of both hostess and guest An especially spectacular service service service ice one that is very easy to prepare uses a mold of blanc blancmange blancmange blancmange mange and surrounds this quivering quivering quivering ering mold with red berries in wine Strawberry Blanc Mange is made according to the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing recipe BLANC MAN MANSE MANGE E WITH BERRIES IN MUSCATEL 3 tablespoons cornstarch U teaspoon salt Ji cup sugar Vs cup cold milk l i l' l cups scalded milk l 1 i cups muscatel mUscat 1 wine 1 pint strawberries Mix cornstarch salt and sugar sUg-lir with cold milk Add the scalded milk and cook the mixture over hot water until it thickens Add one-fourth one cup of the wine Pour into mold which has been rinsed in cold water Chill until firm Pour remaining one cup of wine over strawberries s and allow berries berries berries ber ber- ries to stand in the wine for one- one half hour in a cool place Un- Un mold the blanc mange and serve strawberries in wino winG around the mold |
