Jun 23, 2016 You see, when you submit strawberries to high heat, they char and soften into soft, jammy stickiness. Then you offer buttery, flaky biscuits some golden grill marks and the kiss of a smoky flame. Add a rosy (no-cook) strawberry sauce for juicy freshness, then top it all off with a cloud of vanilla whipped cream. I don’t think strawberry shortcake (or summer, in general) could get any better. These lovely, local strawberries are available at Walmart Supercentres across Canada (and you can get all the other ingredients there, too!). Walmart Canada has kindly sponsored this post to share the news of their fresh, local produce. When in season, Walmart aims to carry all available local produce – isn’t that great? I wanted the grilled strawberries to have some sweetness, so I rolled them in sugar after rinsing, while they were still wet. The sugar encourages them to caramelize and coaxes out the lovely grill marks, too. You can see I left some stems on – I just think they’re so beautiful left intact, and I love the pop of green. It’s so pretty to look at that nobody will mind pausing to pick off the leaves. I love the combination of syrupy, cooked berries and fresh puree. It hits all the spots. I was so excited when it dawned on me that maybe I could make biscuits without an oven on a scorching summer day. They don’t rise quite as high, but it works beautifully! I kept one area of the grill for direct heat cooking (flame lit beneath) and another area of indirect heat (no flame lit). I started the biscuits over direct heat to get the golden crust, then moved them to the indirect heat area and closed the lid. This basically turns the grill into an oven. You don’t need to skewer the biscuits necessarily, you can put them right on the grates. But the berries do need the extra support. And I like the visual impact of both being kebab-ed. Offer this shortcake at your next barbecue and the compliments will roll in as people lick their bowls. Then you can direct people right here for the genius behind the recipe… 🙂 Lots of fresh recipe ideas on the Walmart website (Crispy Fennel Cakes with Smoked Salmon? Watermelon Limonade? YUM!) – check them out! And thank you, dear readers, for supporting the generous, thoughtfully-chosen sponsors who keep the Foodess kitchen running!
