Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes. Individual chocolate tea buns filled with whipped cream, macerated strawberries and drizzled with chocolate ganache.

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake

A group of family and friends including some visitors from Alberta went “overseas” for a picnic on the beach a couple of days ago. Going “overseas” is my Dad’s tongue-in-cheek expression for taking the 20 minute ferry ride from Portugal Cove, just outside St. John’s to beautiful Bell Island.

The dramatically high cliffed island in the center of Conception Bay has over the years become a favourite spot for family picnics and “boil-ups”.

There are many great scenic locations on the island to spread a picnic blanket and break open your basket of treats. The grassy hills around the lighthouse at the eastern edge of the island is particularly scenic, where you can gaze left and right to the opposite sides of the bay.

Lance Cove on the northwest side of the island is also a picturesque location for a great picnic beside a beach comprised of smooth flat round beach rocks formed by the turbulent ocean surf.

Here visitors are provided with picnic tables along the shore and a small open field where the kids in our group played football and badminton an a glorious sunny day. Beside the field is a small duck pond and further on is a sheltered small craft harbour; a perfectly pretty little place.

Bell Island

Bell Island

Lance Cove Bell Island

Have picnic will travel!

There were 15 people and 2 pooches in our party that day, as we feasted on various sandwiches and baked goodies, including chocolate chip cookies, macaroons and my Mom’s pumpkin bread.

My contribution to the gluttony were these delicious Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes. I sliced the berries and whipped the cream at home before we left and stored them in separate airtight containers on ice in our cooler.

Later they were broken out at the picnic location where our eager picnickers lined up to split the chocolate tea buns and spoon on the berries and cream. Never one to be caught short of grub, there was more than enough left over to share with the Mandevilles, a couple of teachers from the kid’s junior high who we encountered on the beach as they visited with their very talkative and charming little boy.

Overall it was a relaxing and thoroughly enjoyable day in the middle of the bay. If you get the opportunity to pack your picnic basket and hop the ferry in what may be the waning, brilliant days of summer, I’m sure you’ll have a memorable day as well.

To see more of my photos from Bell Island check out this Facebook Bell Island Photo Album. You need not be on Facebook to view it.

Bell Island

Bell Island

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Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes

Yield: 8 servings

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes - individual chocolate tea buns filled with whipped cream, macerated strawberries and drizzled with chocolate ganache.

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Ingredients

For the macerated strawberries

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• 4 cups fresh strawberries, , washed and sliced
• 6 tablespoons sugar

For the Chocolate Tea Buns

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• 1 ¾ cups flour
• 1/3 cocoa
• ½ cup sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• ½ cup very cold butter cut in cubes
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• ½ cup + 2 tbsp milk

For the Vanilla Whipped Cream

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• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 4 tbsp icing sugar, (powdered sugar)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the Chocolate Ganache

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• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

To prepare the Chocolate Tea Buns

1. In a food processor, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, and baking powder.
2. Cut in the cold butter. Pulse process until this mixture resembles a coarse meal. It is very important that pea sized pieces of butter remain in this mixture. Transfer from processor to a large bowl.
3. Mix together the vanilla extract, lemon juice and milk.
4. Pour over the dry ingredients and toss together lightly just until a soft, sticky dough forms. Do not over mix.
5. Drop the dough onto a well floured surface. (I mix cocoa powder with the flour used for rolling)
6. Roll out to about 1 inch thickness and cut out buns with a 3 inch biscuit cutter.
7. Bake on a parchment lined aluminum baking sheet in a preheated 400 degree oven for about 20 minutes or until they spring back when touched lightly. Remove from baking pan and cool completely on a wire rack

To prepare the macerated strawberries

1. In a medium size bowl combine the strawberries and 6 tbsp sugar.
2. Toss together well, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let stand for about an hour, stirring occasionally.
3. The sugar will cause the strawberries to begin to release their juice, combining to form a strawberry syrup.

To prepare the Vanilla Whipped Cream

1. Beat together the whipping cream, vanilla extract and icing sugar until firm peaks form.
2. To assemble the dessert simply split a chocolate biscuit, spoon the strawberries and cream over the bottom and replace the top. Drizzle with chocolate ganace of desired.

To prepare the Chocolate Ganache

1. Scald the 1/4 cup whipping cream in the microwave until almost boiling.
2. Pour over the chocolate chips.
3. Let stand for 5 minutes. Stir until smooth.
4. To assemble the dessert simply split a chocolate biscuit, spoon the strawberries and cream over the bottom and replace the top.
5. Drizzle with chocolate ganache of desired.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 586Total Fat 35gSaturated Fat 22gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 11gCholesterol 90mgSodium 355mgCarbohydrates 66gFiber 3gSugar 40gProtein 6g

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