TIME FOR SOME STRAWBERRIES

In the era of Greeks and Romans, it was a wild plant, a symbol of the goddess Venus because of it's shape and color, and it's first botanical illustrations were published in 1454. Belgium even dedicated to her a museum...This is one magical plant.

Did you know this?

• Average size strawberry has 200 seeds.
• Strawberry is a "member" of the family of roses.
• In medieval times, strawberries were served at important events and mostly rich people (kings, nobles, etc.).
• Six medium-sized strawberries per day satisfies the need for vitamin C.
• Consuming of strawberries, which are rich in nitrate, can increase the blood flow to the muscles, and flow of oxygen, up to 7%. This prevents muscle fatigue and facilitates training.
• If you are pregnant, eight strawberries contains 20% of folic acid you need on a daily basis.
• 150 grams of strawberries contains only 45 calories, making them a main fruit if you want to lose weight.

Strawberries, wash them under running water and clean the stems before serving. Simply, they can serve themselves and with additions such as sugar, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, yogurt or whipped cream.

Goes well with dark or light chocolate. You can dip them in chocolate fondue, you can decorate cookies, cakes or mousse with them.

They're delicious in combination with alcoholic beverages such as white rum, champagne, orange liqueur and red wine.

Strawberries with the addition of lemon and powdered sugar can chop in a food processor and strain through a fine sieve to get mashed suitable for the preparation of ice cream, sorbet, smoothies, mousse, sauce and juice. A particular specialty is a refreshing summer soup strawberries. 

Strawberries are rarely prepared by cooking, unless you are preparing jam or marmalade. In the same way, you can use wild strawberries, which are more refined and more aromatic than the cultivated strawberry.

This is their month!!! Let's go sweet strawberries!!! :)

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U doba Grka i Rimljana ona je bila divlja biljka, simbol boginje Venere zbog svog oblika i boje, a njene prve botaničke ilustracije objavljene su 1454. godine. Belgija joj je posvetila i muzej. To je zaista jedna čudesna biljka.

Da li ste znali ovo?

• Jagoda prosečne veličine ima 200 semenka .
• Jagoda je " član " porodice ruža .
• U srednjem veku, jagode su služene na svim značajnim događajima i uglavnom bogatih ljudi ( kraljevi, plemići, itd ) .
• Šest srednjih jagoda dnevno zadovoljava potrebu za vitaminom C.
• Konzumiranje jagoda, koje su bogate nitratima, može da poveća protok krvi u mišićima i vazduh i do 7 %. Ovo sprečava zamor mišića i olakšava obuku.
• Ako ste trudni, osam jagoda sadrži 20 % folne kiseline koju treba svakodnevno uzimati.
• 150 grama jagoda sadrži samo 45 kalorija, što ih čini glavnim voćkama ako želite da izgubite na težini. .

Jagode operite ispod mlaza vode i očistite od peteljki neposredno pre posluživanja. Jednostavno ih možete poslužiti same za sebe, Ali i s dodacima kao što su šećer, limunov sok, aceto balsamico, jogurt ili pavlaku.

Dobro se slažu s tamnom ili svetlom čokoladom pa ih možete umakati u čokoladni fondue ili ih tako obložene čokoladom koristiti za dekoraciju kolača, torti ili palačinki...

Ukusne su i u kombinacijama s alkoholnim pićima kao što su beli rum, šampanjac, liker od pomorandže i crveno vino.

Jagode uz dodatak limuna i šećera u prahu možete usitniti u električnoj seckalici i procediti kroz fino sito kako biste dobili pire prikladan za pripremu sladoleda, sorbeta, frapea, museva, umaka i sokova. Poseban je specijalitet osvežavajuća letnja supa od jagoda.

Jagode se vrlo retko pripremaju kuvanjem, osim ukoliko ne pripremate džem ili marmeladu. Na isti način možete koristiti i šumske jagode, koje su rafiniranije i aromatičnije od uzgajanih jagoda.

OVO JE NJIHOV MESEC ...UŽIVAJTE U NJIMA!!! :)