I was sitting with my cousins a few weeks ago just chillin', one of my cousins looked at me, pushed his phone's screen right at my face and with a straight blank face, and he said "Make it." I had to adjust my vision to see what the picture was of, his phone was WAY too close to my face. It was a 9gags submission of a plate of strawberries stuffed with Nutella. It looked good. So I, also with a straight blank face, was like, "Okay." Couldn't have been a better time too! I was walking home from the bus stop, looking at what the local mom-pop produce store was selling, and big boxes of ruby red giant strawberries were stacked high on the stand, and was on sale too! So the next day, I went strawberry shopping. Went home, and realized I was more than half of container out of Nutella. THE TRAGEDY! So had to walk back out to get a new container of Nutella.
I don't normally like to eat strawberries because I have bad memories of them: either they are super sour, or I get to eat them when they have been drowned in a mountain of granulated sugar to the point where they ONLY taste and feel like sugar. But I like Nutella. The chocolaty hazelnut spread is creamy, rich, and so good on just about anything. If chocolate and strawberries has been a tried and true tasty classic combo, Nutella and strawberries will be just as tasty of a combo. The creamy and sweet chocolaty taste of the Nutella just compliments the sweet tartness of the strawberries. Oh such a perfect dessert to have as an escaping indulgent moment from reality.
This recipe, I worked off of a photo reference on 9gags, because this recipe couldn't be easier. 2 ingredients, and it is yummy, but it is so messy.
This was one box of strawberries, and more than half tub of Nutella.
1 box Ripe Strawberries
1 container Nutella
How-To:
- Wash your strawberries in a little bit of salted water, and rinse with fresh cold water.
- Pat each strawberry as dry as you can.
- With a sharp pairing knife, cut off the stem and a little bit of the top to slightly expose the core.
- With the sharp pairing knife, hollow out the core a little bit more with a gentle twisting motion to allow more room to stuff the Nutella into. *Use a bowl, a container, or over the sink to catch the juices and bits of flesh you dig out.
- Set the hollowed out strawberries to the side.
- Open Nutella, and gently mix the spread loose to a nice semi-runny consistency.
- In a zip-top sandwich bag (or if you have the fancy piping bags) in a small cup or empty jar, fill a corner of the bag with some Nutella. Twist the baggy to trap the spread in the corner. With a pair of scissor, snip off a small bit of the corner filled with the spread. Now you have a make-shift piping bag ready.
- Take a strawberry in one hand. In the other hand, take the Nutella-filled baggy, stick the open tip into the hollowed-out strawberry and gently squeeze the spread in. Top off the strawberry with a bit more if you wish.
- Repeat until all strawberries are filled.
- Serve immediately, or chill in refrigerator until serving time.
How easy was that?!?!?!?!? And let me say, my cousins each can inhale a strawberry container of these to themselves. Chilling them in the fridge until serving gives it a nice refreshing feeling. The Nutella's sweetness counters the tartness of the strawberry, which is a nice pairing. A great finisher to a nice dinner. Or even a nice simple gift to someone you care/love. If you don't want to stuff the strawberries, you can do is scoop some Nutella into a bowl and dip them for an even faster satisfaction. Hope you all enjoy this! (^-^)
