Passionfruit – Nectarine Shortcakes with Angel Butter Biscuits

 Sunday brunch, some assembly needed :)

1. Angel butter biscuits

This is my second time making biscuits (I made butter biscuits about a year ago), and I decided to tackle the “angel” variety. It gets its name because you use both yeast and baking powder to achieve mile-high fluffiness. Ooh-la-la! I also added ginger to half the batter because I loved the ginger-peach-passionfruit combination.

                                                                                                                  

I think I over-mixed the batter because out of eight, this was the single biscuit that puffed up with pride. So, it got its own picture. Hehe~ The rest were still good, though a little dense in the middle. Must stop over-mixing (and over-doing things in general)!

 3. Passionfruit curd and nectarines

I made passionfruit curd with the leftover juice from the ice-cream. There is something glorious about passionfruit! I think it tastes like the sun. And the moon, too (the tartness). Or it’s simply the most exotic fruit I know and I’m attributing celestial qualities to it... Anyways, in ice-cream or curd form, passionfruit is just marvelous, especially paired with peaches and nectarines.

 3. Assembly

This part is pretty self-explanatory.

And I shared this with… myself. It was all for me. I have to say, it was objectively very good, and even the pictures came out beautifully, but I don’t think I enjoyed it as much. I actually cleaned up in between eating the two shortcakes. Food is only really good when you share it. Is it the affirmation (or sometimes disaffirmation)? Because without company, food is just about nourishment (how boring). Or indulgence (how guilt-inducing). Perhaps the next pie will have more luck!