Strawberry Ripple Ice Cream, Strawberry Cheesecake Bars, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Have we mentioned strawberries? [Log In]( [America's Test Kitchen]( [FIND RECIPES]( [START FREE WEB TRIAL]( Notes from the Test Kitchen [Recipes for Strawberry Season]( June 1, 2018 Recipes for Strawberry Season This week, we encourage you to check out your local farmers’ market. It’s the best time of the year for this delightfully sweet fruit, and there’s no better way to celebrate than to make test kitchen–approved recipes that you know will turn out well. Cool off with homemade [Strawberry Ripple Ice Cream]( (and store it in your freezer [with this ice cream tubbie](. Use strawberries in a savory application with our [Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing](. And it’s pretty unanimous around here—our [Strawberry Rhubarb Pie]( recipe is one of our favorites of all time. Find more seasonal recipes [in our magazines]( and if you’d like to make a batch of strawberry jam, grab a copy of our cookbook [Foolproof Preserving](. [Strawberry Ripple Ice Cream]( [Strawberry Ripple Ice Cream]( We were uncompromising in our lofty goal for this recipe: We wanted [ice cream reminiscent of fresh strawberries and cream]( and as good as any ice cream parlor’s version. Fresh strawberries contain a lot of water, which turns to coarse ice crystals in the freezer. To combat this, we add sugar to the strawberry puree to keep some of that water from freezing. But the real secret is adding freeze-dried strawberries to the mix; having never been heated, they taste fresh, and because they’re dried, they absorb and trap excess water from the fresh berries. [View Recipe]( [Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing]( [Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing]( Strawberries can also be used in savory salads to [add that just-right balance of sweetness](. Many poppy seed dressing recipes turn out too thick and over-the-top sweet, with no poppy seed flavor. To solve the problem, we toast the poppy seeds to enhance their flavor and then make a simple vinaigrette with red wine vinegar, a minimal amount of sugar, and mild vegetable oil. [View Recipe]( [Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie]( [Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie]( This [Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie]( is among the favorite recipes ever developed in the test kitchen. Sweet strawberries and tart rhubarb are a winning flavor combination, but they can turn into a soupy mess when baked unless you take steps to manage their high water content. In our recipe, we macerate the rhubarb and some of the strawberries with sugar to draw out their excess liquid; then, we cook down the resulting syrup with the remaining strawberries to make a jam-like mixture that we fold back into the rhubarb. [View Recipe]( [AD TK]( Recommended Equipment for These Recipes [Zak! 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