I just thought I would warn you all now. By the end of the summer those of you who read my blog will probably be so sick of seeing and hearing about strawberries. The annual strawberry kick I get on every year has made an early appearance and I have a feeling it is going to last a very, very long time. I see in our future…strawberry milkshakes, strawberry muffins, strawberry ice cream, strawberry cake, strawberry salad, salmon with strawberry sauce, strawberry kebabs, etc. You get the picture… we love strawberries at our house and it shows all summer long.
The Strawberry Cupcakes and the Strawberry Margarita dessert from the weekend got my taste buds going and ready to be in full strawberry mode. Then, the June 2007 issue of Food and Wine magazine arrived in the mail. The final page, which is always F&W’s Last Bite section, had the most glorious looking photo of a strawberry shortcake concoction. My mouth was watering. My husband’s mouth was watering. We were ready to give in to our strawberry obsession even if it was a tad bit early for us to start.
If you get strawberry obsessed like we do this time of year, Dine and Dish is a good place to be. We can be strawberry glutton’s together. If you are not a fan of strawberries, I don’t know what to tell you except that I hope you will stick with us for the in between the strawberry obsession posts. I cannot understand the craziness of not liking strawberries, but I promise that I will try to keep you in mind and bring something to the table that you can enjoy as well.
For those of you on board with the whole strawberry thing, here is the recipe from Food and Wine magazine for Strawberry Shortcake with Meyer Lemon Cream. If you use anything other than Meyer Lemons, I would suggest adding some additional sugar to the lemon curd to help offset some of the tartness. Enjoy!
Strawberry Shortcake with Meyer Lemon Cream
Ingredients
Biscuits
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
- ¾ cup cake flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cubed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 ½ tablespoons turbinado sugar
Lemon Cream
- 1 finely grated lemon zest of
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice preferably from Meyer lemons
- 2 ½ tablespoons sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
Strawberries
- 2 pints strawberries quartered
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
MAKE THE BISCUITS:
- Preheat the oven to 375°. In a large bowl, whisk the all-purpose and cake flours with the sugar, baking powder and salt. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in the cold butter until it is the size of small peas. Stir in the cream until a shaggy dough forms.
- Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured surface and knead 2 or 3 times, just until it comes together. Roll the dough into a 7-inch round, about 3/4 inch thick. Using a 2 3/4-inch or 3-inch biscuit cutter, stamp out 5 biscuits. Gently gather the scraps and re-roll them; cut out 1 more round so you have a total of 6 biscuits.
- Transfer the biscuits to a baking sheet and brush with the melted butter. Sprinkle the turbinado sugar on top and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the biscuits are golden. Let cool.
MEANWHILE, MAKE THE LEMON CREAM:
- Set a strainer over a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, combine half of the lemon zest with the lemon juice, sugar, egg, egg yolk, salt and 1 tablespoon of the butter. Cook over moderate heat, whisking constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Immediately strain the curd into the bowl. Whisk in the remaining lemon zest and 2 tablespoons of butter. Press plastic wrap directly onto the surface and refrigerate until cool, about 15 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, softly whip the cream. Fold the lemon curd into the whipped cream and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
PREPARE THE STRAWBERRIES:
- In a medium bowl, toss the strawberries with the sugar and let stand for 15 minutes.
- Split the biscuits in half and arrange the bottom halves on plates. Mound the lemon cream on the biscuits, top with the strawberries and their juices and replace the tops. Serve right away.
Are you kidding? I could never get sick of strawberries. Especialled when they are combined like this gorgeous looking treat AND are on your lovely blog. No way!!!
The great news is that I ADORE strawberries and never could get sick of them.
This looks so delicious…can’t wait to see more strawberry recipes! 🙂
Beautiful! I’ll never get sick of strawberries. I’m definitely saving this recipe, it looks great! Thanks!
I love the smell of strawberries but have never been a fan of eating them, I occasionally try them again to see if I’ve changed my mind but not so far. I think when strawberry season comes around in Britain I’ll have to try one more time – I really want to like them!
Oh me, oh my! That’s about the most gorgeous looking strawberry shortcake I’ve ever seen!
I know this does not seem humanly possible, but my husband doesn’t like strawberries! I think I’ll try to make this anyway…
Strawberry picking is one of my family’s favorite activities during that spring-summer transition. Straddling the little hills with a bucket, strawberry juice on hands and the smell of them surrounding you… now that is heaven! Don’t apologize!
I never get tired of Strawberries,bring them on!I made the same at Aroma!I love the short cakes.Looks delicious:)
The more strawberries the merrier! And now my mouth is watering–what a delectable photo!
This looks wonderful! I LOVE LOVE LOVE strawberries so I’m excited about the Strawberry Craze here at D & D!
I cannot even fathom someone getting tired of strawberries! It doesn’t seem possible.
We are likely going to drown in strawberries at my house too, but what a way to go!
As soon as strawberries start showing up at the market in large amounts, I feel like my winter prayer’s have been answered. But I have to admit, I think my favorite berry is blueberries. Hopefully this summer will bring a few recipes of these fruit together! Oh man, my mouth is watering already!
Hey, sweetie, you’ve got to be kidding – strawberries are wonderful!
No complaints here! 🙂
Bring on the strawberries!! Strawberries and chocolate…you can never have too much of either! I love that this strawberry shortcake recipe has the lemon cream. What a great combination!
Never get tired of strawberries! I had some on my sandwich yesterday! Bring it on girl!
I don’t think I will get sick of strawberries recipes… and look at that shortcake, it is killing me here! What is turbinado sugar? Thanks!
Your shortcake looks gorgeous! I want to be eating this now!
I think I’m a bit addicted to strawberries, I made my first strawberry cake this year a couple of weeks ago, Will look forward to reading more!
What is even better than looking at strawberries is smelling them. Oh for a scratch and sniff computer screen.
Three words for you- BRING IT ON! I can’t wait to see your posts about strawberry dishes. I love the summertime because of strawberries and the beautiful weather. Can’t wait! 🙂
Like asparagus, I will never tyre of strawberries! The shortcakes look absolutely amazing!
Bring it on!!! I LOVE strawberries!
You never have to apologize for strawberries!
I tried the foccasia. Good, but not as crusty as yours looks. I think I didn’t let it bake long enough. I need to try again.
This looks deeeeelish! I hesitantly admitted on Peabody’s blog that I have actually never had strawberry shortcake, Crazy, I know! I may need to change that quickly…especially since I am wild about strawberries.
Kristen – I have a great recipe for strawberry bread if you’d ever like to try it….
YUM! Strawberries are my favorite fruit! Bring on the strawberries!!! Strawberry gluttons unite!!! 😉
Bring it on, Kristen! =)
xoxo
Don’t worry about me… I NEVER tire of strawberries! Lovely shortcake!
I heart strawberries!! Can’t wait for plenty of new recipes 🙂
I would like to make a request… Could you PLEASE post the ‘salmon with strawberry sauce’ recipe SOON? This sounds amazing and, with fish being the ONLY meat I eat, I would LOVE to get cracking on this fish twist ASAP! Thanks, dearie! xo… 🙂
Sigh, you’re going to make everyone not in strawberry season very jealous indeed!
nope… i shall never tire of strawberries and i shall never ever tire of your lovely recipes that highlight them!
I love the use of the Lemon cream.
Oh be still my heart!!
I was just looking up recipes for strawberry shortcake yesterday! I could never tire of strawberries, and I’ve been buying them since January! This is gorgeous, Kristen! You never fail to impress me with your baked goods.:)
I like strawberry shortcake with cake type products with cake over biscuts
I saw this recipe too…it looks amazing!
i know you warned me but STILL! man, this looks unbelievably good. i’ll take a double to go pls!!
I just got back and was looking at all of the little, tiny green stawberries on my plants….I’m with you all summer. Love the shortcake!
Delicious! I am going to make this week. My strawberries are ready to burst. Perfect for freezer jam too.
Sandy
For Reluctant Entertainers
I’ve been meaning to make something like this. You are right, ’tis the season of strawberries and I love it!
When my dad and I talked about the new Food and Wine, he completely told me that we needed to make this recipe. Of course then a long list of others followed. That is what happens, when you put a food magazine in front of a foodie. I promise not to get sick of strawberries, if you don’t get sick of peaches on mine.
This looks and sounds amazing!! Lemon and strawberry flavors…what a combination!!!
I have strawberries and lemon yogurt everyday. I wonder if I could covince my husband that your tempting creation could be breakfast!!
Looks decadent!
Wasn’t the photo in the F&W just so beautiful? That is pretty much what got me to make the shortcake myself… it’s great to see somebody else has made it as well!