Individual Fruit Shortcakes

Name: Individual Fruit Shortcakes
Yield: Makes 6 Servings
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces; ⅔ cup buttermilk, or as needed (or substitute ⅓ cup plain yogurt mixed with ¼ cup skim milk or cold water); 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon minced or grated fresh ginger; ¼ cup packed light brown sugar; ⅓ cup granulated sugar; 1½ to 2 cups blueberries or a combination of blueberries and blackberries, picked over; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; Milk and sugar, for glaze; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 2 plums, halved, stoned, and sliced; 3 firm-ripe peaches; Juice of 1 lemon; 4 firm-ripe nectarines

Preparation info

Makes
6
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Get in There and Cook

By Richard Sax

Published 1997

About

Warm buttermilk biscuits are slathered with a delicious fruit mixture of nectarines, peaches, and berries.

Ingredients

Fruit

4 firm-ripe nectarines
3 firm-ripe peaches
Juice of 1 lemon

Dessert
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

Prepare the fruit: Peel the nectarines and peaches by immersing them in a large pot of boiling water for about 30 seconds; then rinse them under cold water in a colander. The skins should slip off easily. Halve the fruit, remove the stones, and cut into thick wedges, letting them fall into a large bowl and tossing them with the lemon juice to prevent discoloration