Prep. time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 3-4 minutes

Dress to impress
Transform an already beautiful strawberry into an extraordinarily delicious work of art with flavourful filling topped by fascinator-like parmesan crisp.

Cheese filling can be made up to 3 days in advance and kept refrigerated in an airtight container.

To prepare strawberries

1. Trim the leafy stem end from a strawberry and stand up on cut end.
2. Starting at the tip of the strawberry, make two cuts in a cross pattern 2/3 of the way down.
3. Gently open up the four strawberry sections wide enough to fit a large star piping tip.
4. Repeat with remaining strawberries.

For parmesan thyme crips

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. On a parchment-lined baking sheet, sprinkle Parmesan in an even 1/8 inch thick layer.
3. Top with thyme leaves and cracked black pepper.
4. Bake in center rack for 3-4 minutes until light golden. Set aside to cool.

Garnish and finishing

1. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, ricotta, grated Parmesan, balsamic vinegar, thyme and pepper.
2. Scrape mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
3. Pipe about 1 ½ tablespoons into each strawberry.
4. Gently break Parmesan Thyme Crisp into small pieces and top each strawberry to garnish.