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When April comes you can smell the strawberries from a few feet away. The fruit fills the produce section\u2019s air with a sweet fragrance reminiscent of spun sugar. Perfume-y wisps dance under your nose to tempt you. You just know those berries are going to be juicy and sweet. The way strawberries are supposed to be. Good riddance to winter fruit from afar. New, in-season berries tell you spring has finally come.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll buy some of course.<\/p>\n

With the first whiff of fresh spring strawberries my brain registers \u201cshortcake!\u201d Not a bad thought, that. Strawberry shortcake is a classic, a lovely harbinger of warm weather, and although it\u2019s a devastatingly rich and elaborate looking dessert, it is fairly easy to make. There are dozens of versions, some with yellow cake, others with individual sponge cakes and even some based on chocolate cake. Folks who need to shave some cholesterol points make it with angel food cake.<\/p>\n

But old-fashioned strawberry shortcake isn\u2019t really cake at all; it\u2019s made with biscuits, which you can prepare a day or so ahead of when you need them. About an hour or so before serving the dessert, cut up the berries and sprinkle them with sugar. The berries soften and render their natural juices; when you place the fruit on top of the biscuit the sweet, red liquid seeps into the flaky pastry, flavoring every nook and cranny. Next comes whipped cream, which, for best effect should be whipped only lightly, not until thick, only thickened, but still pourable, so it will be a lush, satiny cover.<\/p>\n

Of course you needn’t go this far or to all that bother with fresh spring strawberries. The fruit can be dessert all by itself. It is terrific diet food \u2013 only about 55 calories for a cupful, and loaded with vitamin C. Eat the berries plain or sprinkle them with sugar or a few drops of vanilla extract or Balsamic vinegar.<\/p>\n

With just a little more effort you can make Strawberries Romanoff, a simple dish that ranks among the most elegant desserts of the world. Some say that the world-renowned 19th century chef Careme invented Strawberries Romanoff for Russian Czar Nicholas I. Others say it was the famed Escoffier who invented the dish and that Hollywood restaurateur \u201cPrince\u201d Michael Romanoff (whose birth name was Hershel Geguzin) copied the idea.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll probably never know the real story but we do know that Strawberries Romanoff never seems to go out of fashion. It looks and tastes as if took time and fortunes. The dish can actually be done in just minutes — soak fresh berries with brandy and juice and top them with a blob of whipped cream — and doesn’t cost a Czar\u2019s ransom at all.<\/p>\n

Stuffed Strawberries are also easy to make and they’re beautiful, a nice alternative to the perennial favorite, chocolate-dipped strawberries. The narrow end of the berries are cut and then filled with seasoned and sweetened whipped cream or mascarpone cheese.<\/p>\n

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Ronnie Fein has been a freelance food and lifestyle writer since 1980. She currently writes regular features for the food and community sections of daily newspapers and has written articles for Newsday, Cook\u2019s Illustrated, Consumer\u2019s Digest, Connecticut magazine, and many other publications. She operates the Ronnie Fein School of Creative Cooking in Stamford, Connecticut and is the author of three cookbooks, the most recent is\u00a0Hip Kosher<\/a> (DaCapo, 2008).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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