Name: Strawberry Salad
Ingredients: 1 ounce strawberries, macerated; 1 ounce pine kernels or flaked almonds; 3 ounces strawberries

Strawberry Salad

Ingredients

1 ounce strawberries, macerated
1 ounce pine kernels or flaked almonds
3 ounces strawberries

Directions

Prepare

Macerate 1 ounce of strawberries.
Flake 1 ounce of pine kernels or almonds.

Assemble

Beat the macerated strawberries and flaked nuts together until creamy.
Pour the mixture over 3 ounces of strawberries.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Strawberries: Macerating draws out their juice and softens the fruit, adding moisture and sweetness.
Pine kernels or flaked almonds: Add fat and a toasty, crunchy texture that gives the mixture body.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.