Easy Breezy Berry Short cakes

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Posted by Dee

The Holiday season begins at our home with this dish alternating as a snack , dessert and sometimes even breakfast. Quick to put together , its a low sugar treat which one can enjoy without any remorse or guilt. The variations are endless, you can use just one kind of berry or a combination of a few. I chose to use mixed berries.

Ingredients::

Serves 2

1 cup of mixed berries
4 firm slices of bread ( home style white bread tastes best)
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon of sugar
2 pinches of Cardamom powder
1 tablespoon of butter/margarine

Method:

1. Toast the bread slices in an oven warmed at 200F. Alternatively you can toast using a normal toaster, but ensure that they are warm. Remove the crusty edges and smear with butter/margarine on both sides of the bread and cut diagonally into triangles.

2. Take the 1 tablespoon of sugar in a plate add a pinch of cardamom and mix well and sprinkle on both sides of the bread.

3. In a saucepan , add the remaining butter and 1 teaspoon of sugar and a pinch of cardamom and cook the berries for about 3 minutes i.e. until they are soft but still intact.

4.In a plate take about 4 slices and pour this warm berry mixture on the bread triangles. Serve warm and enjoy!


Berry Short Cakes

Notes:

1. The recipe called for home style white bread, I used whole wheat bread.
2. You can use other flavors like cinnamon, fennel, star anise , aniseed, lemon, mint, lemon verbana, vanilla instead of cardamom.


Recipe Source : Luscious Berry Desserts by Lori Longbotham

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3 comments:

WOOOHOO ! THANKS FOR THE RECIPE.
LOOKS GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO MAKE THEM !

Queen B. said...
December 3, 2008 at 2:47:00 PM GMT+1  

wow, that looks great Dee! I love the idea of using bread for shortcakes!:)

Mansi said...
December 3, 2008 at 7:24:00 PM GMT+1  

oh this looks so good Dee - lovely after school treat for Soeren!

Meeta K. Wolff said...
December 5, 2008 at 10:56:00 AM GMT+1  

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