There is wonderful fresh produce near us at the Dorr Farms. I like to go over there every week or two to find what they have available. Right now they have broccoli (BEAUTIFUL LUSCIOUS BROCCOLI!!), kale, other greens, sweet potatoes, onions, honey, etc. Their biggest seller is the strawberries! Yes, strawberries. For a Vermonter it is hard to believe that we could get strawberries out of the garden in March.
The Dorr Farms also has a Facebook page. I love to go there. About a month ago they had a recipe for No-Bake Strawberry Lasagna on that page. You can bet that I immediately downloaded the recipe and waited the two weeks until strawberries were ripe. Yesterday we had Strawberry Lasagna for lunch.
Here is the recipe. I do not know where it originated but I found it on Dorr Farms Facebook page. I will note below my changes.
No Bake Strawberry Lasagna
2 cups strawberries, sliced
2 cups heavy cream
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Tablespoons milk
1 package graham crackers, mashed into crumbs
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
In mixing bowl, beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form then set aside.
In another bowl, mix the cream cheese and sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until smooth.
Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture gently.
Mix the melted butter into the graham cracker crumbs.
Spread half of the buttered cracker crumbs into the bottom of a serving dish to form the first layer.
Spread half of the cream cheese whipped cream mixture over the top.
Add a sprinkle of white chocolate chips then a layer of sliced strawberries.
Put the remaining graham cracker crumbs over the top then the remaining creamy mixture, white chocolate chips, and finally another layer of sliced strawberies.
Refrigerate for at least one hour, or until set.
THINGS I DID DIFFERENTLY
The first thing was that I forgot the vanilla and milk to mix into the cream cheese and sugar mixture. It worked just fine. I was using the KitchenAid mixer and the whisk attachment which worked extremely well.
I forgot also the chocolate chips on the first creamy layer. Oh well. I did remember them for the top. It was enough. I did not use them all.
The requirement of "1 package graham crackers" was a bit confusing until I realized they meant one plastic-wrapped package of three in the box of graham crackers.
Also, I did not know what size pan to use so...I used the smaller pan.
Before placing in the refrigerator I covered with plastic wrap since the dish was going to be there overnight. Cream picks up any erroneous flavors you might have around. Since I had hoed out the refrigerator very recently I was not really concerned about that but thought: why not just do it? We have the plastic wrap. Probably enough to last until the end of the decade...since I talked Dear One into buying a Food Service box a couple of years ago!
The report on this Strawberry Lasagna: it was very very good! I used an 8 by 8 or maybe it is 9 by 9 pan. It might have been smarter to use a slightly larger serving dish but the people who ate it all thought it was just fine. It was very thick, as you can see from the picture. I myself did not eat a large serving and was completely satisfied. After our guest and Dear One helped themselves, and Dear One finished his self-served bowl, he started forking out more from the pan. I thought that was pretty funny! Our guest definitely felt part of the family with that kind of a performance!
Yummy!
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