Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Strawberry Shortcake.

Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorite desserts, mostly because I love strawberries so much.  MEGUMI and I have been doing a lot of cooking/baking together lately.  We have also enjoyed practicing our food photography skills.  We are working on something very exciting that we will be sharing with you very soon!
Strawberry Shortcake (Recipe from PINCHMYSALT.COM)
4 cups fresh strawberries, rinsed, hulled, and sliced
4 – 6 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup cold milk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
whipped cream 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
In a medium bowl, stir together the strawberries and sugar.  Set strawberries aside to macerate while you prepare the shortcakes.  In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and sugar.  Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, and working quickly, cut or rub the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.  Add milk and vanilla all at once to flour mixture and stir until just combined.
Using a large spoon, drop mixture into four equal piles on an ungreased baking sheet.  Bake 12 – 15 minutes at 425 degrees.  Remove biscuits to a rack and let cool for a few minutes.  To serve, split a warm biscuit in two, spoon 1/4 of the berry mixture over the bottom half (make sure you include lots of the juice), top with whipped cream and the other half of the biscuit.

1 comment:

Megumi said...

I think we should announce it....today?!?