Strawberry Cream Gingersnaps Recipes

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE WITH GINGERSNAP CRUST

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325°F. Blend cookie crumbs, sugar and butter in processor until well mixed. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and halfway up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 1/2-inch-high sides. Bake crust until set, about 10 minutes. Transfer to rack.
• Make filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Add eggs and beat just until blended.
• Pour filling into crust-lined pan. Bake until sides of cheesecake are slightly puffed and begin to crack, and center moves slightly when pan is shaken gently, about 1 hour. Transfer cake to rack. Cool completely. Cover; chill overnight.
• Release pan sides from cheesecake. Arrange strawberries around outer edge of cheesecake. Cut into wedges.

LIME CREAM & FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE WITH GINGERSNAP CRUST

Steps:

• Crust: Combine all ingredients in a bowl til moistened.
• Press and pack tightly into bottom and sides of 9 inch pie plate.
• Bake about 7 minutes in preheated 350 oven.
• Cool completely before filling.
• Pie: Whisk eggs, sugar and lime zest in saucepan til smooth.
• Add lime juice and butter and cook over medium heat, constantly whisking, til thickened 7 to 9 minutes.
• Strain mixture thru fine strainer into a bowl.
• Put plastic wrap on the surface of the filling and refrigerate until cold and thick, at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Whip cream until soft peaks.
• Fold whipped cream into chilled lime mixture.
• Pour into prepared pie shell.
• Cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 6 hours.
• Arrange strawberry slices on top of the chilled pie and serve!

STRAWBERRY GINGERSNAP ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Set aside half the strawberries, choosing the smallest, prettiest ones. They'll be used for serving. Hull the remaining berries.
• Using a blender or food processor, purée the hulled strawberries, then strain through a fine mesh strainer. You should have about 2/3 cup of purée.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer set on low speed, whisk together strawberry purée, mascarpone, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, 3/4 teaspoon lime zest and the lime juice. Once the cream mixture is combined, but not fully whipped, taste and add more confectioners' sugar if necessary (this will depend on how sweet your strawberries are). Whip to medium-stiff peaks.
• On a serving platter, lay 2 rows of 4 cookies (for a total of 8) in a rectangle. Spread 1/2 cup cream mixture over the cookies, spreading it to the edges. Top with another 8 cookies, and spread with another 1/2 cup cream. Repeat 2 more times, so you have 4 layers of cookies. Top with remaining cream, spreading it along the sides like frosting. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill for at least 8 hours, and preferably overnight.
• Half an hour before serving, hull and quarter remaining strawberries (cut them in eighths, if they're large). Toss berries in a medium bowl with granulated sugar, remaining 1/2 teaspoon lime zest and the ginger. Let sit for at least 30 minutes, and up to 1 hour; they should release their juices, which will turn syrupy from the sugar. Taste and add more lime zest, ginger and a squeeze of lime juice, if you like.
• Just before serving, arrange strawberries on top of the cake and drizzle with accumulated syrupy juices. Serve at once, cutting cake into slices.

STRAWBERRY CREAM GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Place a dollop of whipped cream on a gingersnap.
• Place a strawberry slice atop the whipped cream.
• Eat and repeat.