Jordbaer Grod (Danish Strawberry Pudding)

Submitted by evelynathens

"This is a traditional, Danish summer dessert, slightly adapted. Very cooling and refeshing."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 lbs strawberries
• 1 cup sugar (or to taste)
• 1 quart water (reserve 1/2 cup)
• 1⁄2 cup cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh only, please)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄3 cup water

• To serve

• cold heavy cream

directions

1. Hull and rinse berries. Add to water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Add sugar and simmer until berries are tender, 10-15 minutes (depending on size of berries). Lower heat to medium-low.
2. Dissolve cornstach, lemon juice and vanilla and almond extracts in reserved 1/2 cup water, and add to berries and sugar. Bring to rolling boil, stirring constantly. Continue stirring and allow pudding to boil a few minutes until thickened. Ladle into individual serving bowls. Cool.
3. To Serve: Sprinkle with sugar and serve with cold, heavy cream.

Reviews

[Annacia]

I made this for ZWT3. I'm sorry to say that mine didn't get 5 start result. I started with ripe rich red berries but all the color "washed out" in the cooking, sadly the flavor also seemed to fade. I did use Splenda in place of the sugar which I stirred in as I removed it from the heat. It was already color faded so I know that it didn't cause the effect but perhaps the lack of added sugar did? The flavor was nice but not what I was expecting.

 

[hunddee]

Thank you so much for posting this. I will make it the first chance I get. I used to go to Kopenhagen for the weekend just to eat this stuff!

 

[choco chip]

I thought this was very good. Instead of cooling in individual cups I chilled it in a large bowl and allowed everyone to serve themselves. We had it with whipped cream. Next time I may cut back the cooking time as we felt it might be better if the strawberries were firmer and not quite so soft. I think this would also be delicious on vanilla ice cream, shortcake or angel food. It has a lot of possibilities.

 

[susie cooks]

I used just picked strawberries for this. Yummy! I think the sweetness was perfect, not too overly sweet which I like. I topped these with whipped cream and shaved chocolate. What a great combination! made for ZWT 6.

 

[Muffin Goddess]

Very nice dessert! My strawberries weren't as red as they could have been, so mine didn't come out as pretty as the photo, but it still tasted lovely! I used whipped cream to top instead of the liquid cream. Thanks for posting!