1 pound strawberries
Hull and slice the strawberries and toss with 1 Tablespoon of sugar

Sauce:
Combine and beat until cream is whipped and stiff
4 Tablespoons brown sugar
2 Tablespoons vanilla ( or rum or brandy or orange liquor )
1 cup whipping cream
1 Tablespoon orange zest

Add 1/2 cup of sour cream and mix well

1/2 pound of strawberry or vanilla ice cream.

Divide ice cream among 6 serving dishes
Top with strawberries
Top with sauce

The traditional recipe for Strawberries Romanoff calls for the berries to be sliced and soaked in orange liquor, then put over ice cream, and topped with cream sauce. It was probably invented by the French pastry chef Marie Antoine Careme for Russian Tsar Nicholas I.