Strawberry Ripple Cream Cheese Wontons

Want a fun dessert for a special occasion?  Try these Strawberry Ripple Cream Cheese Wontons.  They are easy to make and can dress up a simple bowl of ice cream for any occasion.  If you prefer, make breakfast special by serving these cute wontons with a chilled bowl of fruit. 

Ingredients:

1 ½ C. Freeze-dried Strawberries

½ C. Water

¼ C. Sugar

½ tsp. Vanilla

1 – 8 oz. pkg. Cream Cheese

½ C. Powdered Sugar

¼ tsp. Lemon Juice

1 pkg. Square Wonton Skins

1. Mix first 3 ingredients in a saucepan.  At first, it will seem that you need more water, but stir the mixture around for a few minutes and the strawberries will rehydrate.  Cook this mixture over medium heat until it cooks down to a very thick consistency.  Stir often and be careful not to burn the mixture as it gets thick.  Add the vanilla and cook for a minute longer.  Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

2. Soften the cream cheese by placing it in a mixing bowl and letting it warm up while you are making and cooling the strawberry sauce.  When it has softened a bit, add the powdered sugar and lemon juice.  Beat by hand or mixer until it is smooth.

3. Fold the cooled strawberry sauce to the cream cheese mixture.  Do not mix thoroughly, but just make a ripple. 

4. Spoon about 1 tsp. of the strawberry cream cheese mixture onto a wonton skin.  Wet the edges of the wonton skin with a little water by dipping your finger into a dish of water and running it along all the edges of the wonton.  Fold the wonton over diagonally, making a triangular shaped pocket.  Seal the edges together by squeezing them together and then make a couple of crimps in the sealed edges to make them pretty. 

5. Deep-fry them until they are golden brown.

6. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve while warm.

Now, if you are wondering where you can get freeze-dried strawberries, I can help you with that.  I am an independent consultant for Shelf Reliance.  Our line of freeze-dried foods is known as Thrive Foods.  We have a large variety of fruits, vegetables, meats and cheeses.  They are of excellent quality, are simply delicious and are very versatile.  The fact that they are already cleaned and sliced speed up your cooking process.  They also have a shelf life of 25 years unopened.  To purchase any of our line of freeze-dried foods, just click the link below and then click the shop tab on my Shelf Reliance website.

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Panna Cotta Made from Food Storage

Want to try a new dessert recipe that you can make almost completely from your food storage?  Try this recipe for Panna Cotta.  It is a smooth, sweet, milky set dessert that is easy to make and your family will love it.

Panna Cotta

4 T. water

2 1/2 tsp. unflavored gelatin

Measure water into a small bowl and sprinkle the gelatin over the water.  Let it set for about 5 minutes while it softens.

1/2 C. + 3 tsp. powdered milk

1/2 C. sugar

1/8 tsp. salt

2 3/4 C water  (for soft set)          

Note:  If you want the Panna Cotta to set up a little more firm so you can unmold it on a plate, use 2 2/3 C. water.  

Mix dry ingredients above together well in a sauce pan.  Whisk in the water a little at a time so that no lumps form.  Bring to a boil.  Remove from heat.  Add gelatin mixture and stir until all of the gelatin is dissolved.  Cool a little then transfer into 9 small glass pyrex bowls.  Let set in refrigerator for approximately 4-5 hours.  Top with Strawberry Fruit Sauce below.

Strawberry Fruit Sauce

1 C. Thrive freeze-dried strawberries

1 C. Water

2 rounded T. Sugar

1/8 tsp. Lemon Juice

Put all ingredients into small sauce pan.  Bring to a low boil and cook until mixture thickens, approximately 15 minutes.  Remove from heat and allow to cool a little.  Refrigerate until ready to use.  Spoon over the top of Panna Cotta or use as a sauce for pancakes or waffles.

The soft set version is shown in the picture at the top and also in this picture where I unmolded it on a plate.  As you can see, the soft set version is a little soft to hold it's shape when unmolded on a plate.  If you use less water as directed above in the Note, you will get a product that will stand up nicely when unmolded.  I hope you will enjoy this recipe.  My grandchildren especially love it.

Most of the above ingredients can be purchased from Shelf Reliance Thrive.  Check my website below:

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