Skyrkökur með jarðarberjum

Skyr dessert with strawberries

Villijarðarber, or wild strawberries, grow in Iceland. In Iceland, wild strawberries are found throughout the country, but especially in the lowlands. The wild strawberries that grow in the wild are much smaller and much less sweet than the strawberry varieties grown for sale.

Strawberries for sale in Iceland grow in geothermally heated greenhouses .

Strawberries of the “ Sonata ” variety are often grown here - these berries have very evenly shaped, relatively large fruits with a sweet, fruity taste. Thanks to their firmness, the strawberries can be stored well and are wonderful for preserving or for jam or jelly - or, as here, as strawberry puree for dessert.

Personally, I like to decorate strawberry desserts with chopped pistachios - on the one hand because of the color effect, which is reminiscent of fresh strawberries with green on them, and on the other hand because of the feel. I love the difference between the sweet, soft strawberry cream and the crunchy pistachios!

Ingredients

350 g strawberries

3 Tbsp sugar

1 pinch of grated lemon peel

1 pinch of ground vanilla

70 g cookies

2 Tbsp melted butter

1 pinch of grated lemon peel

300 g vanilla skyr

200 ml whipping cream

1 pinch of grated lemon peel

Preparation

Wash, clean and chop the strawberries and put them in a pot together with the sugar, the grated lemon peel and the ground vanilla.

Bring to the boil and then simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes until the mixture begins to thicken. Mash the strawberries. Remove the pot from the heat and let it cool.

Crumble the cookies...

... mix with the melted butter and some grated lemon peel and let cool.

Whip the whipping cream until stiff and mix with the vanilla skyr.

Then add about 3 tablespoons of cookie crumbs to each glass, ...

... put the Skyr mixture on top...

... and finish with the strawberry sauce.

Decorate to taste with fresh strawberries, chopped pistachios or similar.

The dessert is easy to prepare and then serve straight from the fridge.

[Translated from here.]