Strawberry Shortcake

Courtesy of Canada's Food Island
Yield: 8 servings

Biscuit Ingredients

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into ½-inch cubes
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup oatmeal
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 ¾ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 ¼ cup full-fat sour cream
• 1 tbsp 35% cream
• 2 tbsp demerara sugar

Macerated strawberries

• 1 lb PEI strawberries, hulled and quartered
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Vanilla whipped cream

• 1 cup 35% whipping cream
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• pinch salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together all the dry biscuit ingredients. Add butter and crumble into the flour with your hands until the mixture is well incorporated and no butter pieces are larger than the size of a pea. Make a well in the center of the bowl, add sour cream and mix in with a fork. Mix as much as you can with the fork and then knead the dough together with your hands, just until it begins to form a ball.
3. With a medium-sized cookie ice-cream scoop, drop 8 portions (about ½ cup each) onto a silicone baking mat or parchment paper-lined baking tray, keeping the biscuits 2 inches apart. Brush biscuits with cream and sprinkle over demerara sugar. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, or until biscuits have puffed up and are golden brown. Place biscuits on a rack to cool.
4. While biscuits are baking, prepare macerated strawberries. In a medium bowl, mix together strawberries, sugar, lemon zest and juice. Set aside for at least 30 minutes at room temperature until juices are released.
5. In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, add cream, vanilla extract, icing sugar and a pinch of salt to bowl. Beat on medium-high until you have soft peaks, about 2 minutes.
6. Once biscuits have cooled, slice in half crosswise. Add a spoonful of strawberries, then top with a generous dollop of whipped cream, spoon on more strawberries and some juice. Repeat with remaining biscuits.