Skip to main content

Strawberry Shortcake

Recipe information

  • Yield

    6 servings

Ingredients

4 cups strawberries (about two 1-pint baskets)
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste
6 baked 2-inch Cream Biscuits (page 275)
Powdered sugar (optional)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Hull and slice: 4 cups strawberries (about two 1-pint baskets).

    Step 2

    Stir in: 1/4 cup sugar.

    Step 3

    Purée one quarter of the strawberry mixture. Stir the purée back into the sliced strawberries and let sit for 15 minutes. Combine in a bowl: 1 cup heavy cream, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste.

    Step 4

    Whip together, until the cream just holds a soft shape. Slice in half: 6 baked 2-inch Cream Biscuits (page 275).

    Step 5

    Place the biscuit bottoms on serving plates. Over each biscuit, spoon strawberries and a dollop of the flavored whipped cream. Top with the other biscuit half and dust with: Powdered sugar (optional).

    Step 6

    Serve immediately.

  2. Variation

    Step 7

    For the strawberries, substitute any berries in season, in any combination.

The Art of Simple Food
Read More
Keep this easy frittata recipe on hand for quick breakfasts, impressive brunches, and fridge clean-out meals.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Like fattoush salad and strawberry shortcake roll.
Like spicy carrot rigatoni and weeknight-fancy ravioli with peas.
Thinly sliced and cooked hot and fast, pork tenderloin is the juicy, cook-quicking weeknight champion of this vegetable-heavy stir-fry.
Like lemony risotto and tandoori-style cauliflower.
The most efficient method takes less than an hour, but you might not even need it.
Filberts, goobers, scaly bark nuts: Explore the world beyond almonds in this guide.