Easy Strawberry Soup (Cinderella’s Favorite!)
There is a restaurant in Disney World located in the Grand Floridian Resort whose specialty is Strawberry Soup. This is the stuff of legends and the legend is so big that it has reached all the way to North Alabama ~grins~.
Now on our recent trip to Disney, we did not stay in the Grand Floridian, I wanna make that clear. It is a gorgeous hotel but I would’ve had to mortgage a kidney or sell one of the kids to be able to afford to stay there. We DID, however, eat at 1900 Park Fare (free, as a matter of fact, but I’ll talk about how we did that in an upcoming post).
The Best Strawberry Soup
When I told Mama we were going to eat at 1900 Park Fare she said “Oh! Are you gonna have the strawberry soup?”. I got the same question from two other people so I got to thinking that you might like to have this recipe in your neck of the woods as well.
Most people don’t realize that Disney gives out any recipe served in their restaurants if you ask for it. In fact, many of the standards are already pre-printed on cards to hand out whenever someone requests them. If you ask for a recipe that is not immediately handy, they take your email or mailing address and the chef will get it to you. So I got the recipe (it is also several places on the internet) and I tweaked the ingredients and recipe itself to make it a little less fussy.
Strawberry Soup is lightly sweet, rich, thick, and just makes your tongue wanna dance. It’s sort of like a Strawberry Smoothie, only better – and prettier. 🙂
And LOOK who endorses this recipe!
When I asked Cinderella if I could pose with her and the strawberry soup I said “I promise I won’t spill it on your beautiful dress” and she said “Well now, strawberry soup is my favorite, I wouldn’t mind one bit if you spilled it on me!”
Now that is seriously some kind of good!
Lets get to making it-
How To Make Strawberry Soup Step By Step Pictorial
The ingredients you’ll need: Frozen sliced sweetened strawberries (thawed), Heavy Whipping Cream, and Sour Cream.
Regular or Lite Sour Cream
You can get lite sour cream if you like. Some folks will say “Well why bother if you’ve got the fat from the whipping cream and sugar from the strawberries” but I think most of us will fall on they “Hey, every little bit helps” category here.
Tweaks From the Original
The original recipe was in ounces, which is something most of us aren’t used to, so I translated it into our usual cooking measurements. It also was a little too fussy for my taste (Like I’m really going to go buy plain yogurt just to use two ounces of it in a recipe?) so I made it a little lower maintenance for us, too. I think the best things in life are really simple, but we as humans tend to want to complicate matters. This is especially true of food.
I hope and pray my sense of taste never becomes so sophisticated that I can discern between a recipe that has eight ounces of sour cream versus a recipe that has six ounces of sour cream and two ounces of plain yogurt. The day that happens, I’ve gotten entirely above my raising.
Place your thawed strawberries in a blender. Add your sour cream.
Pour in your whipping cream.
Don’t blink because we’re almost done. I know this has been terribly taxing, right?
Blend until smooth and thick.
Now you’re done. Seriously.
Serve your guests and don’t tell them how easy it was!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups frozen sliced strawberries in sugar thawed (it maybe 1/4 cup or so more in the container and that is okay too)
- 1 piece cup
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in blender. Blend until smooth and thick. Chill well before serving. Serve cold. Refrigerate any leftovers. Keeps for a few days in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
You may also like some of these strawberry recipes:
Fresh Strawberry Cake With Cream Cheese Icing
Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake AKA Strawberry Trifle
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First -that sounds delicious. I love strawberries. I am like Denise, from above, is it served as appetizer or dessert? (I don’t get out much!!!)
Katy Rose, You are right -your Mama’s Southern Plate friends just love your wonderful idea. You are so, so smart!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. You are so, so pretty!!
Pam
I’m gonna have to watch you girlie…….you’ll be getting all cheffy on me before too long ~LOL~ great recipe and what a beautiful presentation! Love the strawberry garnish ( My chef professor called that a functional garnish) The yogurt is just to round out the texture….but your recipe works great!
The soup looked yummy, but I especially enjoyed Katy Rose presentation of the apple! She has certainly got your flair for creativity. Please tell her I said, “thank you”!
It is one of my favorites also. I love eating at the Grand Floridian.
We loved the strawberry soup when we went to disney and ate at 1900 Park Fair. It was so yummy…can’t wait to surprise the family with this easy recipe…and they will think I slaved over it lol.
Love your site. Keep the delicious recipes coming.
Christy,
You mentioned you might be bringing us some money saving ideas for WDW.
I’m going in early Feb. with son and his family. Any help would be appreciated. I will be asking for recipes.
Thanks for the recipe; I’ve heard of Strawberry Soup but have never had it. I saw that someone posted Carnival serves something similar. I’m looking forward to trying it on our upcoming cruise. BTW, I hope I don’t sound ignorant, but is this a dessert or is this served as an appetizer?
Katy Rose, thanks for the suggestion! My husband eats an apple at work every day at lunch; I’ll be sure to pass your idea along to him!
Denise in Dallas