Discover the best plant-based ingredients to pair with strawberries. This flavour-pairing guide will show you what goes well with strawberries so you can get creative in the kitchen and create delicious food!
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Most of us know that strawberries and cream is a classic - we adore it in our Vegan Strawberry Shortcake.
But what other ingredients can we combine with strawberries to create some culinary magic? This guide will show you how!
Popular combinations
These tried and tested combinations are a great place to start! Use them to create wonderful strawberry salads, desserts and drinks.
Strawberry + balsamic vinegar + spinach or arugula/rocket (add pine nuts or walnuts for extra crunch)
Strawberry + basil + lemon + mint
Strawberry + chocolate (we adore strawberries dipped in our Chocolate Fondue)
Strawberry + oats + cinnamon + brown sugar
Strawberry + rhubarb + lemon, vanilla, or ginger + maple syrup (great as a dessert served with vegan yoghurt or ice cream)
Strawberry Flavour Pairings
Here's a list of the best plant-based ingredients to pair with strawberries. Items marked in bold are especially strong pairings.
You can use this list to create something truly delicious!
If you are making a salad, choose a couple of greens from the vegetable list, combine with strawberries, and take a look at the remaining items for dressing and topping inspiration!
If you want to make a strawberry smoothie, first use the list of fruits that go well with strawberries. Then browse the sweeteners, herbs and spices and plant-based alternatives to dairy to see what you'd like to combine them with! (Today we had strawberry and mango, blended with almond milk and maple syrup and it was so good)
Vegetables
- arugula/rocket
- chilis
- ginger
- kale
- spinach
- watercress
Fruit
- apples
- avocado
- bananas
- blueberries
- blackberries
- cherries
- cranberries
- lemon
- lime
- mango
- melon
- oranges
- passion fruit
- peaches
- pears
- raspberries
- rhubarb
Herbs and spices
- basil
- black pepper
- cinnamon
- mint
- vanilla (try this combination in our Strawberry Milkshake)
Sweeteners
- agave syrup
- aquafaba based meringues
- maple syrup
- vegan confectioners sugar / icing sugar
- vegan honey
Plant-based alternatives to dairy
- almond yoghurt
- almond ricotta
- almond milk
- coconut milk and cream
- plant-based cream (store bought products like Elmlea Plant, Silk Dairy-Free Heavenly Whipped)
- silken tofu
- vegan butter
- vegan cream cheese
- vegan creme fraiche
- vegan custard or pastry cream (we love this in our Strawberry Tart)
Nuts, seeds and grains
- almonds
- cashews
- hazelnuts
- hemp seeds
- oats
- pecans
- pine nuts
- walnuts
Pantry items
- balsamic vinegar
- dark chocolate
- elderflower cordial
- vegan white chocolate
We hope this guide has inspired you with new ways to use fresh strawberries and encouraged you to explore new flavour combinations in strawberry salads, desserts and cocktails!
Be sure to read our post of 20 Vegan Strawberry Recipes that are Simply Delicious! next.
What are your favourite ways to use strawberries? Share your ideas with the Vegan on Board community by leaving a comment below!
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