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Grilled Apricot Saison Shortcakes with Ginger Mascarpone Whipped Cream

Grilled Apricot Saison Shortcakes with Ginger Mascarpone Whipped Cream

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I have to show my cards when the very glaring hole in my beer resume is revealed the moment I am forced to admit that I don’t brew. I’m not a brewer, I’m just here for the beer. I’ll stick to what I’m good at and leave that to the pros. There is enough mediocre beer in the world without my adding to it. But don’t forget that every industry has more jobs that the Rock Star positions that get the focus. Music needs producers, PR people, engineers, designers, writers. So does beer. I’m not sure if I have the patience or disposition for the time, failure, cleaning, and re-working that brewing demands. I’ll contribute in a way that I can, and just spend my days imagining what I’d make if I get another chance to get behind a brew kettle with one of those pros.

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I always have a bit of a list of beers that I’d brewed if my imagination was able to take the solid form of a bottled beverage. Right now, I’d brew a Saison. I’d use matcha and peaches. Or apricots and butter. Can you brew a beer with butter? I have no idea. Yogurt, I know that’s possible. But butter? My talents don’t reach those avenues. But if you do brew, and you make a Saison with matcha and peaches, or apricots and butter, please let me know. I’ll want to get my hands on that.

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Grilled Apricot Saison Shortcakes with Ginger Mascarpone Whipped Cream

Servings 8 -10 shortcakes

Ingredients
  

For the Shortcakes

  • 3 ½ 420g cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon 4g baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon 6g baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon 3g salt
  • ¼ cup 65g granulated sugar
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted cold butter cut into cubes
  • ¾ cup 187mL Saison beer
  • 1/3 cup 74g buttermilk

For the Filling:

  • 12-16 ripe fresh apricots
  • 1 tablespoon 16g brown sugar, packed
  • 8 wt oz mascarpone cheese
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger finely grated with a microplane

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425.
  • In a processor add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
  • Pulse to combine. Add the cold butter, process until well combined.
  • Add the beer and buttermilk, process until just combined.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop about ¼ cup balls of dough onto the parchment, evenly spaced.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown and cooked through.
  • Cut the apricots in half, remove the pits. Add to a preheated grill, grilling until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, slice, add to a bowl and sprinkle with brown sugar, toss to coat.
  • Add the mascarpone to a bowl, beat until light and fluffy. Add the heavy cream, beat on high until soft peaks form. Add in the powdered sugar, vanilla and ginger, stir until combined.
  • Split the shortcakes, fill with mascarpone whipped cream and apricots.

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Kate the Great July 23, 2016 um 2:50 am

Great article, very informative!

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Maggie July 29, 2016 um 12:20 pm

You had me at apricot…I mean shortcakes…I mean ginger….I mean mascarpone…yyyyyuuuuuuummmmm!!

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Vicki Stroud March 20, 2018 um 3:00 pm

I have subscribed to you for a very long time, and notice you have quite a few recipes with marscapone, well let me lend you my one year old Giant Schnauzer Schultz, and you will not have any marscapone to use in recipes, he can sniff it out a mile away and usually has it stuck in his beard! No Shame, thanks for giving us some awesome recipes.

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