We continue with our salute to All American cooking in honor of Memorial Weekend with a Strawberry Shortcake. I’ll admit I took liberties with the recipe, but hey, isn’t that what America is all about…liberty! Bad jokes aside, I did follow Martha’s shortcake recipe exactly as it appeared on page 63, but I kind of did my own thing with the strawberry part. I marinated the strawberries with sugar, a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg, some fresh ginger, a little lime juice and a splash of Grand Marnier for about an hour. Then I drained the juice, added a half a cup of Pinot Noir and reduced it to a syrup. Trust me, it may not be Martha’s way, but it’s a good thing!
Just look at that picture – Strawberry Shortcake, Marilyn Monroe and a Martha Stewart cookbook! It doesn’t get more iconic than that and when you add just a pinch of desperate fame whoring from me, it’s as American as apple pie…except it’s not an apple pie, it’s a strawberry shortcake…you get the idea…
