Could you say that the strawberry is the food of celebration? Closely behind the drink of celebration – Champagne, of course – but there is something smile inducing about a bowl of fat red strawbs, freshly washed and ready to be drizzled with cream, smashed and whipped with meringues or even popped in that flute…
It’s a ubiquitous summer combination. Much like barbeques and sudden onsets of drizzle, suncream and sand, and jugs of sangria peppered with canned fruit cocktail, strawberries and cream are the essence of summer. Pools of thick double cream poured over Britain’s finest berries, made all the better with a good balance of sunshine and rain…