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     Title: OLD-FASHIONED STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
Categories: Desserts, Fruits, Malgieri
     Yield: 8 servings

     1 qt Strawberries
   1/3 c  Sugar
     1 tb Lemon juice
 1 1/2 c  Heavy cream
          Buttermilk Biscuit Dough
          -(RECIPE Follows)
     2 tb Buttermilk
     2 tb Sugar
     2 tb Soft butter

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 1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
   1/2 c  Cake flour
   1/2 ts Salt
     2 ts Baking powder
   1/2 c  Cold unsalted butter
   3/4 c  Buttermilk or heavy cream
          - (or more)

 PLACE BERRIES in a colander and quickly rinse under running cold
 water. Pour on a tray lined with several thicknesses of paper towel
 to drain for 5 minutes. Hull the strawberries with the point of a
 stainless-steel paring knife, then slice into a bowl. Sprinkle with
 sugar and lemon juice, then set aside, covered, at room temperature
 for an hour or two. Whip the cream (add a couple tablespoons of
 sugar, if you like) until it holds a soft peak. Cover and
 refrigerate. Preheat the oven to 450F; set rack in middle level.
 Prepare biscuit dough. For a large shortcake, pat the dough into a
 9-inch disk on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. For individual
 shortcakes, pat dough into a 6-by-12- inch rectangle and cut into
 eight 3-inch biscuits with a sharp, floured knife. Transfer to a
 parchment-lined cookie sheet. Paint tops with buttermilk. Sprinkle
 with sugar. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until well risen and golden.
 Check the center of the large shortcake with a toothpick to make sure
 it is baked through: If the pick emerges with dough still clinging to
 it, lower temperature to 350F and bake another 5 minutes. Slide the
 large shortcake onto a platter immediately after it is baked. Use a
 sharp, serrated knife to slice through the middle, making two layers.
 Slide the edge of a cookie sheet between the two layers and lift the
 top layer off. Butter the bottom layer and pour all but 1/2 cup of the
 sweetened berries on. Slide the top back on and pour the remaining
 berries over the top. Split the small shortcakes in the same way and
 place the bottoms on individual dessert plates. Butter them and top
 with about 1/3 cup of the berry mixture. Replace tops and pour a
 tablespoon or so of the remaining berries over the top. Serve
 immediately. Pass the cream in a bowl for the guests to help
 themselves.

 BUTTERMILK BISCUIT DOUGH: COMBINE THE FLOURS, salt and baking powder
 in a mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Rub in the butter by hand or
 with a pastry blender until the mixture is mealy. Stir in 3/4 cup of
 the buttermilk with a fork and continue stirring gently until the
 dough begins to hold together. (If the dough is dry, add more
 buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time.) Sprinkle the work surface
 generously with flour and scrape the dough onto it. Fold the dough
 over on itself two or three times. Use the dough immediately for
 shortcakes, following the instructions above. Use this recipe to make
 a large shortcake or eight small ones. This same dough is used as the
 topping in cobbler recipes.

 NICK MALGIERI - PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK

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