IMO:
As soon as you put the strawberries in the freezer, in glaze or not, they will start to break down. I'm not sure how long they will last in the fridge, but again I think you will lose the texture of the fresh strawberries if you make it more than a day or so ahead.
HTH!
glenda
before my dad managed to kill all the strawberries in the garden (him of the black thumb)
my mom used to freeze strawberries all the time:
method 1:
clean off (w/out water!)
dehull
slice in half
spread on cookie sheet in single layer
into chest-type deep freeze until solid
repackage into plastic bags -- suck air out and seal
then into a white plastic coated box especially made for freezing (sold w/ the food canning items)
method 2:
add a quick dip in sugar
they held up well enough for making pies, etc. and for quick garnish on ice cream etc.
the sugar dipped ones made their own syrup/sauce when they defrosted
the trick is freezing them very fast.
if only going to be used in pie or similar, then can cut into several thin slices which will feeze even faster.
I remember seeing Alton Brown on Good Eats have an episode with strawberries and he talked about how to freeze strawberries and have them be like fresh (or not broken down) when they thaw. It requires dry ice though to get them to a really cold temperature fast.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_19406,00.html
There are also some other recipes he went into on the show linked on the bottom.
It was quite an interesting show.
HTH
Leily
I've used chocolate dipped (night before) strawberries on my cakes several times but always wait until the day of to put them on the cake. As when I'm making Strawberry shortcake, the moisture and the sugar will draw out the 'juice' from the strawberry pretty quickly. Unless you have a quick-freeze method to freeze them, I'd wait as late as possible. You can refrigerate the strawberries by themselves until the day before you're going to make/put the glaze on the cake. Kepp the berries in an airy plastic container with a paper-towel on top (to prevent moiosture build-up) and wrap loosely in a plastic grocery bag to prevent other odors/flavors getting in them.
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