APRICOTS AND CREAM SHORTCAKE
APRICOTS AND CREAM SHORTCAKE – – Fruit:: apricots (pit removed, sliced into 6ths, 500g), vanilla sugar, For the shortcake:: all-purpose flour (130g), plus 2 tablespoons cake flour, salt, baking powder, sugar (70g), unsalted butter (chilled, 3 oz.; 90g), heavy (non ultra-pasteurized cream, 250ml), For the Crème Fraîche:: heavy (non ultra-pasteurized cream, 250ml), vanilla sugar (ground […]
Apricot Shortcake
I was preparing to make my favorite apricot tart for dessert tonight when I stopped, as though held back by an invisible hand. This never happens to me. I love everything about the process of making a tart, from measuring the flour (I know, but I love to do it!), to rolling out the pastry, to […]
Strawberry Shortcake à la Française
Oh, the strawberries this year! They’re a poem, a song, a one-bite perfection! We start getting long, narrow, slightly tart gariguettes in May, shipped in from Provence. I wait until I can smell their aroma before I buy them, and then I get just a few because I’m waiting for the real deal, the strawberries […]
