Prep Time : 00h 05
Cooking Time : 00h 12
Servings Number : 6 people
Easy to bake, fresh year 'round.
Ingredients
- [[[Shortcake:]]]
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- ½ cup buttermilk
- [[[Fruit Sauce:]]]
- 1 fresh lime with zest
- 1 jar Chukar® Cherries Jubilee Dessert Sauce
- [[[Whipped Cream:]]]
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
- [[[Garnish:]]]
- Chukar® Dessert Cherries, All Natural
Method
- [[[Shortcake:]]]
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk, stirring just until moist (dough will be sticky).
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 4 times with floured hands. Pat dough into a 6 x 4-inch rectangle. Cut dough into 6 squares.
- Place squares 1 inch apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 425°F for 12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- [[[Fruit Sauce:]]]
- Add ¼ teaspoon fresh lime juice and a pinch of lime zest to Chukar® Cherries Jubilee Dessert Sauce and stir.
- Warm cherry sauce before filling the shortcakes.
- [[[Whipped Cream Topping:]]]
- Whip heavy cream. When cream makes soft folds, beat in sugar and vanilla.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- [[[To Serve:]]]
- Split shortcakes in half horizontally using a serrated knife.
- Place each bottom half on a dessert plate. Add a spoonful of warm cherry filling to each.
- Cover with shortcake tops. Spoon a tablespoon of cherry sauce over each top.
- Top each serving with a dollop of whipped cream. Garnish each shortcake with a single Chukar® Dessert Cherry.