Strawberry Shortcakes
This dessert requires a lot of steps but stay with me–I promise the reward of a slightly sweet biscuit topped with cream and juicy strawberries is more than worth it. The biscuits can be made ahead of time, and the strawberries can be left to macerate for several hours.
Strawberry Shortcakes
Makes 2 strawberry shortcakes.
Ingredients
For the shortcakes:
- ½ cup unbleached flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar, plus extra for topping
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream, plus extra for topping
For the filling & topping:
- 1 cup small diced strawberries
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons heavy cream
- 3 teaspoons powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°.
- Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, add the flour, sugar, baking powder and pinch of salt. Pulse once to combine. Add the frozen butter diced into 6 pieces. Pulse 10-12 times, until the butter is the size of small peas. Add all of the cream to the feed tube and continue pulsing. The dough will not come together into a ball and that’s okay. Dump the dough onto a floured surface and knead a few times until a dough forms. Pat the dough into a ½” thick rectangle. Cut the dough in half to form two square biscuits. Move the biscuits to the prepared baking sheet and brush with extra cream and sprinkle with extra sugar.
- Bake 15-18 minutes until the biscuits are lightly golden brown. Let them cool completely.
- In a small bowl, stir together the diced strawberries, lemon juice and sugar. Allow to set at least an hour, until the berries soften and red juice forms at the bottom of the bowl. When ready to assemble, whip the cream with the powdered sugar and vanilla. (This is such a small amount of cream that I often whip it by hand).
- Slice each biscuit in half, spoon on the whipped cream and top with strawberries. Serve immediately.
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One of my favorite of all time desserts!
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I have never made strawberry shortcake, yet its one of my favorites. Beautiful!
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I love the shortcake idea, so easy to whip up for a dessert that can go with any fruit in the summer. Cant wait to try this!
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