Local Strawberry Shortcake
When Marc and Michelle Propper, the former owners of Bleecker Street’s Grove restaurant, forsook the city and headed up to country; they took their recipe for strawberry shortcake with them to their new eatery in Saugerties, New York. But it’s much too delicious to let it leave the city altogether, so they’ve generously shared the recipe with Galavante.
Génoise
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
6 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sifted cake flour
Directions:
Yield: approximately 12 individual servings
Preheat oven to 350°F or 300°F in a convection oven. For individual shortcakes, spray half a sheet pan with non-stick spray, and cover bottom with parchment paper. Spray parchment paper.
Whisk eggs over double boiler until warm to the touch, and then transfer to standing mixer. Set speed to medium high and add 2/3 cup sugar. Beat approximately 7 minutes until light and foamy. Add in 1/3 cup more of sugar and vanilla extract and continue whisking until eggs have tripled in volume and can form a ribbon on top of batter when beater is lifted up. The ribbon should be able to stay on top of batter for several seconds.
Sprinkle flour on top of batter 1/2 cup at a time. Use a balloon whisk to fold flour in gently. After flour is incorporated, melt butter, and drizzle evenly over the batter and fold in. Work quickly, being careful not to deflate the batter.
Pour into half sheet pan and bake for five minutes. Turn and bake for another five minutes. Cake should have a light golden color and spring back to the touch. When cool, cut out rings with a cookie cutter. We use a 3-inch round, but any size will do.
Strawberries for Shortcake
Wash 3-4 quarts of fresh local strawberries well. Hull and cut berries in half. Depending on how sweet the berries are, toss with 1/4 cup-1/3 cup of sugar. Let berries macerate for 15 minutes.
Whipped Cream
Pour cream into mixer and add sugar to taste. Whip to stiff peak. Set aside.
Assemble shortcakes by placing a round of génoise in a bowl. Spoon some fruit on top and follow with a dollop of whipped cream. Top with another round of génoise, fruit, and whipped cream.
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Recipe courtesy of Miss Lucy’s Kitchen
90 Partition Street
Saugerties, NY 12477
(845) 246-9240
