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Spicy Crab Salad With Carrots and Jicama
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Spicy Crab Salad With Carrots and Jicama

10mSix servings
Tahini Sauce
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Tahini Sauce

20m6 servings
Nut Crust
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Nut Crust

5m1 11-inch pie crust
Tomato-Mozzarella Bread Salad
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Tomato-Mozzarella Bread Salad

25m2 servings
Tuna Ceviche or Tartare With Avocado
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Tuna Ceviche or Tartare With Avocado

Here are two versions of tuna tartare, one of them a classic ceviche. Be sure not to marinate the tuna in the lime juice for too long or the meat will turn grey.

30mServes four to six
Lemon Grass Salad
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Lemon Grass Salad

30m5 to 6 servings
Strawberry Poke Cake
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Strawberry Poke Cake

One easy way to elevate a simple sheet cake is to infuse it with strawberry-flavored gelatin. The method of poking holes in the cake and pouring gelatin into them serves two purposes: giving the cake a poppy pink-striped look when you cut into it, and ensuring you get that nostalgic strawberry flavor in every bite. Like many gelatin-based dishes, poke cakes were likely popularized in the 20th century as part of an advertising push for Jell-O mixes.This recipe is adapted from April Anderson, an owner of Good Cakes and Bakes, a bakery in Detroit, whose mother used gelatin mixes to punch up some of her desserts. The basic poke cake formula is made to be modified: If you don’t like strawberry-flavored gelatin, try lemon or cherry.

1h 45mOne 9- by 13-inch cake (12 servings)
Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
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Strawberry Cheesecake Bars

Great for picnics or potlucks, these portable cheesecake bars incorporate cooked berries directly into the custard, which means they take on a rosy hue. You can even add a few drops of red food coloring if you want to make up for out-of-season berries, which are less vibrantly colored, or if you just want a livelier result. Feel free to use frozen berries in place of fresh, though you’ll need to thaw them fully before beginning the process.

1h 45mOne 9-by-13-inch pan (about 15 bars)
Strawberry Spoon Cake
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Strawberry Spoon Cake

This unfussy cake with a top layer of jammy strawberries is so gooey it’s best to serve the whole thing with a spoon. The batter comes together quickly with minimal effort, using basic pantry ingredients and a small handful of berries — frozen or fresh. If you’re using frozen, be sure to defrost them in the microwave first. Extract as much juice as possible from the fruit by macerating and mashing it, so that it lends the cake additional moisture while baking. Add a dash of freshly ground cardamom or ground ginger on top before baking it off, if you like, or some ribbons of fresh basil once it’s hot out of the oven. Whatever embellishments you decide on, burrowing warm spoonfuls of this cake beside scoops of vanilla ice cream is the most important thing.

30m4 servings
Strawberry Slab Pie
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Strawberry Slab Pie

On Juneteenth, which celebrates the abolition of slavery in the United States, the picnic table overflows with summertime pies and red foods, a symbol of perseverance. That makes this festive strawberry slab pie ideal for Juneteenth, though it’d be welcome anytime in berry season. The rectangular pie is made in a quarter sheet pan; if you don't have one, use a comparably sized casserole dish. Cracked black pepper in the crust and fresh ginger in the filling add a bit of spice. This isn't an especially sugary dessert, so if you want something sweeter, top it with vanilla ice cream.

6h12 to 16 servings
Strawberry-Peach Sangria
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Strawberry-Peach Sangria

Part sangria, part punch, this is a refreshing and lightly alcoholic way to quench the thirst of a large group. Danielle Wecksler, a cooking instructor in South Carolina, created it for an outdoor Lowcountry boil in Charleston. It highlights local peaches and berries, and was created to counter the stifling Southern heat. “Part of the rationale is that when it is so hot, partygoers are going to suck down whatever you give them to drink,” she said. “So if you go with something that is a little lighter on the alcohol content, it keeps everyone from getting too tipsy.” This recipe easily doubles to serve a crowd. If you can’t find orange Curaçao, use a Curaçao-style liqueur, such as Grand Marnier. Triple sec, another type of orange liqueur, is slightly less sweet but would also work.

15mAbout 10 cups
Simplest Strawberry Tart
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Simplest Strawberry Tart

This gorgeous tart is adapted from "Sweeter Off the Vine," by Yossy Arefi, a cookbook of fruit desserts for every season. It's an ideal vehicle for the ripest strawberries at the height of the season, a dessert that makes more of a splash than just serving berries and cream but still has that simple charm. The only tricky part is the crust, which could crack as you transfer it to a serving board. But if that happens, don't despair. It's meant to be effortlessly loose and casual, and you can cover the damage with swirls of mascarpone and a blanket of berries.

3h8 servings
Strawberry Pretzel Pie
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Strawberry Pretzel Pie

This is a wonderful but simple summer pie inspired by strawberry pretzel salad, a popular Southern dessert. The classic recipe consists of a crumbled pretzel crust, a whipped cream cheese and Cool Whip filling, and a top layer of strawberry Jell-O. In this fresher adaptation, crushed pretzels form the foundation of an easy shortbread crust, followed by a fluffy cream filling and a pile of fresh strawberries, omitting the use of gelatin. If you’re making this pie in advance — especially with juicy, height-of-season berries — complete Steps 1 to 3, then cloak the filled crust with plastic wrap and chill up to 24 hours. Just before serving, toss the berries in sugar and pile them on top.

40m8 servings
Strawberry Cream Pie With Chocolate Cookie Crust
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Strawberry Cream Pie With Chocolate Cookie Crust

A chocolate cookie crust makes this strawberries-and-cream pie taste a bit like Neapolitan ice cream, but other crumbly cookies or sweet crackers work too. The best strawberries have a heady scent — they should smell like candy — and likely won’t need sweetening. But strawberry sweetness varies greatly, so taste one and toss them all with a little sugar as needed.

30m8 to 10 servings
Fourth of July Shortcake
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Fourth of July Shortcake

Strawberries and blueberries under a drizzle of cream has long been an Independence Day favorite, but when Jean Hewitt introduced this recipe in 1968, it was as an alternative to another Fourth of July favorite: “The first red, white and blue dessert that comes to mind is watermelon and blueberries with ice cream, but for those who prefer something a little different, there is a recipe for strawberry and blueberry shortcake with ricotta sauce. Pitchers of clear, cold iced tea are all that have to be added.” The original recipe called for bran breakfast cereal, but we’ve adapted it with wheat bran, found in the bulk section of the grocery store, which gives this shortcake its rustic, colonial feel.

1h 15m6 servings
Strawberry Icebox Pie
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Strawberry Icebox Pie

If you adore creamy strawberry desserts, this deluxe icebox pie topped with glossy, springy homemade strawberry gelatin is a treat you won’t want to miss. The recipe, from Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream in New York, updates a classic strawberry icebox pie with two major tweaks. Instead of using frozen whipped topping and a box of strawberry gelatin, it calls for freshly whipped heavy cream and the juice drained from an entire pound of macerated berries. The recipe does take some time to put together, but results in the richest, silkiest and most deeply strawberry flavored pie imaginable. You’ll need to start this at least one day before you want to serve it, but it keeps well for up to three days in the fridge. The wafer cookies get softer and more cakelike as they sit.

8 servings
Christina Tosi's Pickled Strawberry Jam
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Christina Tosi's Pickled Strawberry Jam

20m3 cups
Strawberry Chiffon Pie
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Strawberry Chiffon Pie

This airy retro icebox dessert first appeared in “Fruit Pies: Delightful Confections Starring Fresh Fruit,” a booklet published by The New York Times Food News department in 1952, and it’s an excellent way to make use of summer’s strawberry bounty. Chiffons achieve their light consistency from meringue that is carefully folded into fruit custard.

8h 45m8 servings
Berry Hand Pies
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Berry Hand Pies

These hand-held pies are sold at breakfast time at Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Ga., but they are also a perfect summery dessert. Cheryl Day, an owner, said that she uses less sugar than many Southern bakers do, and likes to round out the flavor of sweet summer fruit with salt and lemon. The difference between a hand pie and a turnover is in the shape. (Hand pies are half moons, and turnovers are triangles.) You can make this recipe either way.

2h 15m8 hand pies
Strawberry-Rhubarb Muffins
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Strawberry-Rhubarb Muffins

While rhubarb works wonderfully in baked goods, baking strawberries into scones or muffins can be a little bit more of a challenge. Though delightfully sweet and fragrant when fresh, baked strawberries have a tendency to become watery and bland. This recipe solves that problem by macerating the diced rhubarb and strawberries with sugar before folding them into the muffin batter. Doing so not only draws out excess moisture from the strawberries, but also gets a head start on breaking down the fibrous rhubarb. This recipe calls for an ample amount of sugar, which balances the tartness of the rhubarb and helps create wonderfully browned and chewy muffin tops. Finally, the cornmeal in this recipe adds great texture and gives the muffins a rustic finish. Opt for medium-grind or stone-ground cornmeal, if you can find it, but fine cornmeal works well, too.

40m12 muffins
Strawberry Granola
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Strawberry Granola

Studded with pink freeze-dried strawberries and lightly spiced, this strawberry granola makes for a perky start to the day or a fruity afternoon snack, especially when paired with yogurt or milk. First, roast oats, almonds, pumpkin seeds and coconut chips in a sweet syrup before mixing with crisp freeze-dried strawberries. Optional red-pepper flakes add a pleasant whisper of warmth, and play well with the strawberries and coconut. Feel free to substitute cashews or hazelnuts for the almonds, and omit the coconut chips if you don’t have them in the pantry. The resulting granola will still be full of flavor and crunch.

45m3 to 4 cups
Strawberry Muesli Chia Smoothie
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Strawberry Muesli Chia Smoothie

I noticed a bottled strawberry/lime/chia drink in the refrigerator section of Trader Joe’s recently, and thought I’d use the strawberry/chia combination in a smoothie. I added muesli for bulk and geranium syrup for flavor.

1 serving
Strawberry Pavlova
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Strawberry Pavlova

The particular joy of this dreamy dessert, which was named in honor of the Russian ballerina, is that the meringue base can be made in advance. Then to serve it, drizzle the strawberries with a little balsamic vinegar and vanilla (a combination that brings out the fullest essential flavor of the fruit), whip some cream and arrange it all on a plate. It’s magnificent, and deliriously easy.

2h6 servings
Fresh Strawberry Pie
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Fresh Strawberry Pie

This pie is a celebration of perfectly ripe, summertime strawberries. Only two cups of the berries are cooked down into a quick jam, which holds the rest of the fruit together for a delightfully fresh pie. With a crunchy shortbread crust and a cloud of freshly whipped cream, it’s reminiscent of strawberry shortcake — but maybe even better.

45m8 to 10 servings