Strawberry Shortcakes

  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 4 tbsp butter, cut into chunks
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • ¾ cup crème fraiche
  • Sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¾ cup sliced strawberries
  • Strawberry sorbet

 

  1. Sift the flour, salt, baking powder, and soda together. 
  2. Add the butter and rub it in until the mixture is crumb like.  Make a well in the centre and pour in the buttermilk and the milk.  Mix together, adding a little more buttermilk if the mixture is too dry.  The result should be damp but not wet, and a shaggy mess rather than a sold mass.Let the dough rest 10 minutes.
  3. Preheat the oven to 500 F.  Lay parchment paper onto a baking sheet. 
  4. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and roll it out to ½ inch thickness.  Cut into small rounds and place on the baking sheet.  Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.  Cool on racks.
  5. Combine the crème fraiche, and 1 tbsp plus 1 ½ tsp sugar in a saucepan.  Stir in the vanilla and bring to a simmer.  Whisk until the sugar dissolves.  Remove from the heat but keep warm.
  6. Sweeten the sliced strawberries with some sugar.  Lay some of the sauce onto the plates.
  7. Slice the biscuits in half. Scoop some sorbet and place in the middle like a sandwich.  Set on the sauce and garnish with the strawberries.

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