Daytime Kitchen: Step-Up Your Strawberry Shortcake

Chef Ted is here to show us a recipe to elevate your traditional shortcake

ROANOKE – Chef Ted Polfelt, Executive Chef at 419 West, is here to show us a recipe to elevate your traditional Strawberry Shortcake. Plus, get the details of a Father's Day event they're cooking up over at 419 West.

"Strawberry shortcake" :
with a love wheat beer, sponge cake, with candied thyme, and Chantilly Cream Macerated Strawberries with wheat beer

1 pint of hulled strawberries
4 oz. sugar
pinch of kosher salt
pinch of cardamom 

MOP: Combine and allow to macerate up 2 hours under refrigeration. Add one 12 oz. wheat beer reduced by 3/4 and allow to cool. Add to macerated strawberries

Vanilla Genoise

6 eggs
1 C sugar
(whip to a ribbon)
1 C Cake Flour
1 oz Butter
1 tsp vanilla extract 
(Combine)

MOP: Cook at 350F until slightly brown color is achieved.