How to Decorate Strawberries With Whipped Cream

Serve strawberries and whipped cream chilled.

Strawberries make colorful garnishes for cakes, pies, ice cream and milkshakes. When strawberries are in season, however, some people like to eat them plain with whipped cream. Fresh strawberries decorated with whipped cream can be served at catered events or prepared as an everyday dessert. You can make your own whipped cream from heavy cream or purchase ready-made whipped cream. Strawberries and whipped cream prepared ahead of time must be kept refrigerated to keep them safe to consume.

Things You'll Need

• Strawberries
• Whipped cream
• Fresh mint
• Apple or pear
• Pastry bag
• Whipped cream tip
• Paring knife
• Melon baller
• Teaspoon
• Glass dessert dishes

Instructions

1. Quarter medium-sized strawberries. Place 1 cup of cut strawberries in individual glass dessert bowls. Drop 3 tbsp. whipped cream on top of the strawberries. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint or fan thin slices of fruit of a different color on top of the whipped cream for an eye-catching finishing touch.

2. Cut open jumbo strawberries from top to bottom across the strawberry width. Scoop out strawberry center gently with a melon baller. Fill the hollowed-out strawberry with whipped cream, using a teaspoon. Arrange whipped cream-filled strawberries in a circular shape on small serving platters.

3. Cut a series of thin, vertical slices from the bottom to just below the top of a jumbo strawberry, leaving the top and the stem intact. Put the strawberry on a plate and gently press on the side of the strawberry to create a fan. Put whipped cream into a pastry bag and pipe whipped cream across the strawberry top, so that the whipped cream covers the top of the strawberry and any stems or leaves still attached.

References

• "On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals"; Sarah Labensky; 2010