Carolina Buttermilk Biscuits And Or Southern Shortcake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Biscuits: Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl.
• Add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
• Gradually add the buttermilk, tossing with a fork until large moist clumps form.
• Gather the dought into a ball. Divide it into 4 pieces. Shape each piece into a 3-inch round. Transfer the rounds to a baking sheet, spacing them evenly.
• Bake the biscuits until a tester inserted into the centre comes out dry (about 20 minutes) - the biscuits will be pale. Transfer the biscuits to a rack and cool until they are lukewarm. (The biscuits can be prepared 6 hours ahead; cool, wrap tightly in aluminum foil, and store at room temperature; before serving, reheat the biscuits in a 350 F oven for 5 minutes).
• Strawberry Filling: Combine the strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar, and raspberry preserves in a large bowl. Toss to coat. Let the strawberries stand for about one hour until a syrup forms, tossing occasionally.
• Whipped Cream: Beat the chilled whipping cream, vanilla extract, and remaining 3 tbsp of sugar in another large bowl until stiff peaks form. (The whipped cream can be made 6 hours ahead; cover separately and chill).
• Assemble: Cut the buttermilk biscuits in half. Place each biscuit bottom in a shallow bowl. Top each generously with strawberries and whipped cream. Cover the fruit and cream with the biscuit tops. Dust the biscuits with powdered sugar and serve.

Steps:

• Make the saucy berries: Steep the tea bag in boiling water for 5 minutes; pour the tea into a medium pot. Mix in the sugar, zest and berries, and cook, stirring, until the syrup bubbles exuberantly and the berries soften, about 5 minutes. Scrape into a bowl, discard zest and let cool while you make the biscuits.
• Make the biscuits: Heat the oven to 400, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Put the sugar and zest in a large bowl, and rub them between your fingertips until the sugar is moist and aromatic. Add the dry ingredients, and stir with a fork to blend. Drop in the butter, toss it around with your fingers until it's coated with flour and then press and pinch until you've got pea-size pieces of butter and flakes like oatmeal. Make a well in the center, pour in the cold buttermilk and turn and stir with a fork until the dough forms moist curds and clumps. Some dry crumbs may remain in the bottom of the bowl - don't fuss with them now. Reach in with your hands, and knead gently, folding the dough on itself about 8 times, until it forms a ball.
• Dust the counter lightly with flour, turn out the dough, dust the top and roll to a scant 1/2-inch thick. (Size and shape don't matter.) Using a 2-to-2 1/2-inch biscuit or other cutter, cut rounds as close to one another as possible. Cut in a quick up-and-down movement - if you twist the cutter, you'll impede the biscuits' rise and their flakiness. Arrange 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Gather the scraps together, reroll and cut more biscuits, knowing that these scrappers may not rise as high as those in the first round.
• Bake the biscuits for 16-18 minutes, or until they're tall and golden; transfer to a cooling rack. Use the biscuits when they're warm or at room temperature.
• Make the topping: Toss the berries and sugar together; leave on the counter, stirring now and then, while you whip the cream. Using a mixer, beat the cream just until it begins to thicken, then whip in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Don't overbeat - soft cream is good here.
• To assemble: Pull apart each biscuit along a natural flake line, and place the bottoms on plates. Top each with a spoonful of saucy berries, cream and then sugared berries. Decide what to do with the other half of each biscuit: Lean it up against the shortcake; place it at a jaunty angle on top of each shortcake; make another shortcake with it; or tuck it away to toast in the morning.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500°. In a bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, sugar, baking soda and salt. Work the butter or lard in until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and stir until the dough forms a ball.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and fold it over onto itself 10 times. Pat the dough out to an 8-inch square. Using a 2 1/2-inch round cutter, stamp out 12 biscuits; reroll the scraps and stamp out more biscuits.
• Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet and bake in the center of the oven for 8 minutes, or until golden. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients together.
• With a pastry blender, cut cold butter into dry ingredients until mixture resembles very coarse breadcrumbs (sort of like fresh bread crumbs).
• Stir buttermilk into beaten egg and add mixture to flour mixture.
• Stir quickly, until dough forms a soft ball.
• Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead 5 or 6 times.
• Let dough rest for a minute, then roll out to 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut out biscuits using a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter.
• Place biscuits, 1 inch apart, on baking sheet that has been sprayed with Pam.
• Bake at 400°F for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Make the cornbread:.
• Preheat oven to 450F and grease an 8" square pan.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Mix egg and buttermilk together and add to dry ingredients.
• Add melted butter and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 18 minutes.
• Remove skin and bones from cooked chicken.
• Cut meat into small pieces.
• Make a sauce using chicken stock and flour; add chicken.
• Saute mushrooms in butter, season and add to chicken and sauce mixture; heat thoroughly.
• Cut cornbread into 8 squares; split squares.
• Place lower half of cornbread on a plate; cover with some of the chicken mixture.
• Replace the top half and cover with more of the chicken mixture.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
• Whisk the flours, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Drop in butter and using your fingers, toss to coat the pieces with flour and cut and rub the butter into the flour mixture until it is pebbly with different sized pieces from very small to pea-size.
• Pour the buttermilk over the dry ingredients and toss gently with a fork and turn the ingredients until you have a nice soft dough.
• In the bowl, give the dough 3- 4 kneads to bring the dough together.
• Lightly dust a work surface with flour and turn out the dough.
• Dust the top of the dough very lightly with flour and quickly pat the dough with your hands until it is about 1/2-inch high.
• Use a biscuit cutter to cut as many biscuits as you can.
• Re-roll remaining dough and cut more biscuits until dough is used up.
• Place biscuits on baking sheet.
• Bake the biscuits for 14- 18 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.