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AM‘Berry’ Delicious, Local Take On A Classic aui native Lois Hi- STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
ranaga is passionate Ingredients for biscuit: processor or blender. Dice frozen butter becomes a mass that can be rolled Whip heavy cream in a bowl with an
about flowers and supporting her community. She has an extensive background in horticulture and is co-author of Neotropica: Hawai‘i Tropical
Flower and Plant Guide.
This week, it’s all about the strawberries grown right at this season’s set: Kula Coun- try Farms. Enjoy her recipe for
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• 2 cups flour and add half at a time. Pulse until it has out evenly. Roll out with pin to 1-inch electric mixer set at high speed. When
• 1 tablespoon baking powder • 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 stick butter, diced small and frozen
• 1 1/4 heavy whipping cream
Ingredients for strawberries: • 16 ounces Kula Country Farms strawberries
• 1/4 cup sugar
Ingredientsforwhippedcream: • 1 cup heavy whipping cream • 1/4 cup sugar
Directions:
Macerate strawberries. Wash, hull, slice and sprinkle strawberries with 1/4 cup sugar, or to taste. Set aside for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
To prepare dough, combine flour, baking powder and sugar in a food
a sandy texture. Add heavy whipping cream gradually, and pulse until ingre- dients begin to stick together.
Turn out dough onto a lightly floured wax or parchment paper. Using your hands, fold it a couple of times so it
thickness, cut with 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter. Gather scraps, pat down and cut out more biscuits. Place on 9-by-13-inch baking pan or cookie sheet.
In the preheated oven, bake until golden brown (about 13 minutes).
the cream doubles in volume, add sugar and continue to whip until stiff peaks form.
Serve warm biscuit with Kula Country Farms strawberries and a dollop of whipped cream. Serves 9-10.
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Strawberry Shortcake.
This Strawberry Shortcake has fruit from Kula Country Farms.
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