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Unexpectedly pleasant little pops of candy vinegar-soaked strawberries on grilled sourdough with goat cheese, thyme, and honey!
This can be a model new recipe that’s a part of our Spring 2023 SOS Collection – in different phrases, EASY recipes! View our full assortment of SOS recipes right here.
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Lindsay’s Notes
Okay, hear me out.
Pickled strawberries are my love of the second. It’s the tip of Could, the climate seems like summer season, college and exercise packages are wrapping up, and my curiosity in making a correct dinner is at an all-time low.
Enter: these pleasant little pops of candy vinegar-soaked strawberries, smushed gently onto grilled sourdough smeared with goat cheese, and completed with thyme and honey, eaten on the deck at 4:30pm, and holding us full and pleased lengthy sufficient to lounge round exterior and benefit from the summer season night for a pair extra hours. THESE ARE SO GOOD.
I debated together with this recipe within the SOS Collection – we normally do dinner recipes on this collection, and this one initially appears to be like and feels extra like an appetizer or a snack.
However during the last 12 months and a half as I’ve made these, I discover that they typically begin as a pre-dinner snack… and simply ultimately flip into dinner. Lol. I can’t rely the variety of instances I’ve thrown a jar of those strawberries collectively within the afternoon, assembled some toasts for a summery exterior snack at that magical (difficult) 4pm hour, after which watched as everybody devoured sufficient bread, cheese, and strawberries to be pleased for the remainder of the night. Works for me.
They’re easy, sudden, and truthfully simply plain enjoyable. It’s the right method to sneak just a little bit of pleasure into the week!
Pickled Strawberries Video
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Unexpectedly pleasant little pops of candy vinegar-soaked strawberries on grilled sourdough with goat cheese, thyme, and honey!
For the Pickled Strawberries:
For Toasts:
- Pickled Strawberries: Place the strawberries in a jar. Add the vinegar, sugar, peppercorns, and salt. Fill to the highest with water. Safe the lid and shake gently to mix.
- Wait Time: Place within the fridge for two hours, or as much as 2 days. (I want these inside the first 12-24 hours so that they don’t get too mushy.)
- For Serving: Fry or grill the bread. I fry a couple of slices at a time in olive oil on my griddle till good and golden and crispy. Smear the goat cheese on the toast and high with a couple of strawberries. Smash them gently with a fork. Sprinkle with bits of thyme, a drizzle of honey, and successful of salt. Mwah!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Class: Appetizer
- Technique: Marinate
- Delicacies: American
Key phrases: pickled strawberries, strawberry recipe, strawberry crostini
Continuously Requested Questions
Do I Have To Use White Balsamic Vinegar?
I believe you could possibly obtain the same finish outcome with a distinct vinegar (apple cider vinegar or champagne vinegar, for instance), however I really like the white balsamic as a result of it’s naturally candy and delicate. I am going out of my approach to purchase a bottle or two every summer season after which simply maintain it stocked particularly for this recipe!
Do You Eat The Peppercorns?
I do just like the peppercorns! They get softened a bit and I believe they add the right chunk of peppery crunch on the toasts, which is why you see them within the image. That’s how I eat them!
Nonetheless, I do know that’s not for everybody and you may positively go away them off your remaining toast creation should you want it with out something too peppery.
May I Use One thing Else In addition to Goat Cheese?
Cream cheese or ricotta cheese are each nice!
Do Your Youngsters Like This?
They LOVE it. We really began them on it with a yogurt model – simply smeared some complete milk Greek yogurt on the toast with the strawberries they usually had been so into it.
How Do You Make This Gluten-Free or Dairy-Free?
Use a gluten-free bread, or a dairy-free creamy factor. We love Kite Hill cream cheese!
How Else Can You Use These Pickled Strawberries?
There are such a lot of methods to make use of these – they’re superior simply eaten plain, in a yogurt bowl with granola, or on a salad!