Saturday, July 4, 2009

Quick Tip — Hulling Strawberries


The other day, I was reading through the comments for Pioneer Woman's Strawberry Shortcake Cake recipe and discovered a fun and effective way of hulling strawberries.

Use a straw!


You push a straw into the bottom of the strawberry...




and out through the top.


Ta Da!


It's not perfect every time, especially on really large berries, but did a great job overall. Try it sometime!

Here's my attempt at PW's Strawberry Shortcake Cake. It was very good, but VERY sweet, especially the icing. A small slice of this goes a long way!

3 comments:

tastestopping said...

I love this! My kids can even help do this (and will probably love it). Alton Brown also recommends using the star-shaped decorating tip from a pastry bag set (insert, twist, extract), but I have yet to try it.

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quicklikeabunny said...

I missed that tip - thanks for sharing! I made PW's jalapeno poppers this weekend Mmmmmm. Hope you had a fun weekend and weren't rained out!

jeannie (aka hand+crafted+atelier) said...

great idea about hulling out the strawberry! and the cake looks so delicious! may i have a slice?

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