Strawberry Equivalents

When purchasing or picking strawberries, they are not always in pints so when a recipe calls for a pint of strawberries it is sometimes difficult to know how many strawberries are actually needed. The equivalence information below will come in handy when you are working with strawberries.

• One pint (approximately 24 medium or 36 small berries) is equal to 2 1/2 cups whole, 1 3/4 cups sliced, or 1 1/4 cups puréed.
• Twelve pounds of fresh strawberries are equal to approximately 8 quarts. This quantity will produce approximately 13 pints of frozen strawberries.
• If substituting frozen strawberries for fresh berries in a recipe, substitute as follows: if strawberries are unsweetened, use equal amounts of frozen berries as called for fresh; if frozen strawberries are sweetened, reduce the amount of sugar called for in the recipe by 1 cup for each quart of strawberries; if a sugar syrup has been used to sweeten the frozen berries, reduce the amount of liquid called for in the recipe.

Check out All About Strawberries for more helpful information on how to prepare, cook, store, and freeze strawberries.