Strawberries and Creme

I'm putting this one in here because I really want to try it and don't want to lose it.  Plus, I'm not sure you can screw up the ingredients so I'm almost positive they taste delicious.  I'll report back when I actually try them.

 

Ingredients:

25 jumbo strawberries

3/4 c heavy whipping cream

3/4 c milk

1 small box vanilla instant pudding

1/2 tsp almond extract

Directions:

Wash and dry berries. Slice off stem end. Using a sharp paring knife, slice an "x" deep into berries without cutting all the way down. Beat heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form. In a separate bowl, combine milk and pudding. Beat for 2 minutes. Add almond extract and whipped cream. Fit a pastry bag with a #10 or #12 round tip (depending on the size of berries). Fill pastry bag with pudding mixture. Pipe pudding into strawberries, spreading petals open with fingers to allow more cream to fit.

A word to the lazy: an alternate way of serving this would be to quarter or slice the strawberries and serve the filling in a small dish. The filling can be spooned over the cut strawberries. Slicing the strawberries and using them as scoops for the filling works well too.