| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits, Dairy | Cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruits | 12 | Servings | |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 2/3 | c | All purpose flour |
| 1 1/2 | t | Baking powder |
| 3 | T | Unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 1/4 | t | Salt |
| 1/3 | c | Sugar |
| 1/2 | t | Baking soda |
| 4 | T | Unsalted butter, cold and cut |
| 1 | Into 4 pieces | |
| 1/2 | c | Chocolate chips, about 3 ozs. |
| 3/4 | c | Buttermilk |
| 2 | pt | Boxs fresh strawberries |
| 1/2 | c | Sugar |
| 2 | c | Heavy whipping cream |
| 4 | T | Confectioners' sugar |
| 6 | oz | Semisweet chocolate |
| 14 | oz | Can sweetened condensed milk |
| 1 | t | Vanilla |
| 1 | Pinch of salt |
INSTRUCTIONS
To make shortcake: Combine flour,baking powder,cocoa,salt,sugar,and baking soda in food processor fitted with metal blade,or in medium sized bowl with pastry blender or finger tips until well blended.Add butter and process on and off or mix until mixture is consistancy of coarse meal.Add chocolate chips and buttermilk and mix just until dry ingredients are moistened and dough begins to hold together.Do not process into a ball.Turn out on well flowered board;dough will be stickey.Knead about 10 times and pat into 7" circle,3/4" thick.Dough should feel moist... Cut out 8 biscuits with floured 2" round biscuit cutter.Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheet.Lightly flour board.Combine leftover pieces of dough and pat them back to 3/4" thick circle.Cut out 4 more biscuits and transfer them to cookie sheet. Bake them in a preheated 450 deg.oven for 12 minutes only.They should have risen slightly and look dry on top.. To make filling: Hull and quarter strawberries.Place in a bowl and toss with sugar.Let stand at least 30 minutes or up to 4 hours.. Whip cream with electric mixer on low speed until thick.Add confectioners' sugar and beat on high speed until soft peaks form... For the fudge sauce,melt the chocolate,condensed milk,vanilla and salt with 2/3 cup of water in a heavy medium size saucepan over low heat,stirring constantly until mixture comes to a full boil.Whisk over moderate heat until thickened,about 3 to 5 minutes. To assemble,cut biscuits in 1/2 horizontally and place 2 to 3 halves on each plate.Top with strawberries,a heaping tbs.of fudge sauce,whipped cream and drizzle more sauce over all......... FRom The Dessert Lovers Cookbook... : 06/16/92 0:58 AM Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #2 by Stu <stalkofs@optonline.net> on Apr 2, 1998
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 370
Calories From Fat: 128
Total Fat: 15g
Cholesterol: 39.1mg
Sodium: 229.8mg
Potassium: 200.8mg
Carbohydrates: 56.4g
Fiber: 1.8g
Sugar: 32.7g
Protein: 6.2g