Thursday, July 18, 2013

Recipe for Sweet Biscuits Fruit and Cream


Sweet Biscuit with Cinnamon/Sugar Peaches, Strawberries
&Lemon Honey Whipping Cream

Sweet Biscuit
2 ¼ cups un-bleached all purpose flour
1/3-cup organic granulated sugar
2-½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp/ baking soda
½ tsp kosher salt
1 stick (or ½ cup rm temp butter) cut into cubes
2 large eggs
¼ cup heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup Buttermilk

Mix Flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Then cut rm temp butter into the flour mixture
Create a hole in the center of the flour/butter mixture and pour in whipped eggs, cream and buttermilk…mix until dough is combined do not over work. Dough should look slightly sticky. Use either a biscuit cutter or just your hands to create your biscuit shape and then place on a cookie sheet, which is covered in parchment paper

For Dusting…
Paint the top of each un-cooked biscuit with a bit of heavy cream, sprinkle with sugar and the zest of an orange then bake at 425 degrees for appox 8 min

Grilled Cinnamon/Sugar Peaches
Appox 5 mostly ripe peaches…peel and slice lengthwise…place on cookie sheet covered in foil
Sprinkle over the peaches…brown sugar, Cinnamon, honey and ½ cube of butter melted
Place in oven at 425 degrees for appox 16-18 min
Pull out and set aside…place peaches and the juice in a separate bowl for serving later


Strawberries
Slice up some fresh strawberries and after rinsing place in to a bowl with a few splashes of freshly squeezed lemon juice and about 2 tblspns of organic sugar…toss and set aside for serving later

Lemon Honey Whipping Cream
1 Pint Heavy Whipping Cream
appox ½-3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tblspn Vanilla Extract
A Few squeezes of Good quality Honey
1-2 tblspns Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice

Whip this all up in a very cold bowl that you’ve been storing in the freezer for at least 30 min. Wait until soft peaks have formed and then you’ll know that your whip cream is ready. Store in serving bowl set aside in the Fridge until ready to plate each dessert

When each of the four elements to this dish have been completed assembly can begin J Place one biscuit on the bottom and put cream on top, then grilled peaches…then the other biscuit on top of that, then more cream, strawberries and a sprig of mint for beauty. This is refreshing and lovely, perfect summer dessert! For a variation serve biscuits warm with vanilla ice cream, top with both kinds of fruit and whipping cream…very yummy…enjoy! 

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