How to cook a biscuit with strawberries?
Nothing looks so festive as a biscuit withstrawberries and whipped whipped cream. If desired, berries can be replaced with a fragrant jam, which does not worsen the taste of dessert. To prepare this Irish national delicacy, you will need:
- 3 large eggs stored at room temperature;
- 225 grams of powdered sugar;
- 225 grams of self-rising flour + 2 teaspoons of baking powder mixed together;
- 125 grams of softened butter;
- 100 grams of margarine;
- 225 grams of fresh strawberries, washed, peeled and sliced finely;
- 200 milliliters of whipped cream.
Biscuit with strawberries - recipe
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Lightly grease 2 forms for baking. Lay the bottom of the greased forms with parchment. Using a mixer or food processor, mix the eggs, sugar, flour with baking powder, softened butter and margarine until a homogeneous mixture forms. The dough should have a soft consistency. If you do not have a mixer, you can use a wooden spoon. Divide the dough evenly into two shapes and level the surface. Put on the middle shelf of the preheated oven and bake for twenty-five minutes or until the cakes are well risen and turn golden brown. Remove the biscuit from the oven and refrigerate for five minutes. After that, pull the cakes out of the baking molds and allow them to cool completely. After cooling, put one cake on a plate. Cover with a thick layer of strawberries and an even thicker layer of whipped cream. Cover the top with the second cake and gently join the halves.
You can sprinkle a ready biscuit with strawberriessugar powder, decorate with whole berries and other ingredients. In addition, you can change the filling and put any seasonal berries and fruits - fresh raspberries, blueberries or cranberries with sugar, peaches. If you do not have fresh fruit, use fruity jam, smeared it with a thick layer. Do not take frozen berries, as they will start to let out juice, making the dough wet.
If desired, a biscuit with strawberries can be supplementedany other fillers, combined with this berry. For example, you can make berry puree from a mixture of garden or forest berries. Also, bananas combine well with strawberries. However, it is not recommended to add to this berry fruits such as apples or pears, because they have a different consistency. If you want to make a biscuit in a multivarquet with strawberries, you should carefully read the instructions from the manufacturer, since the baking time may differ from the standard recipe. In addition, it is not recommended to replace the ingredients in the test, for example, butter with margarine. Then the dough will not be so tender and tasty.
You can also turn this Irishnational pastries in a festive cake, watering the glaze or decorating with a layer of jelly and performing the appropriate design. In any case, a biscuit with strawberries can be supplemented and perfected endlessly, in order to get a stunning dessert.
