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Cheddar Shortcakes with Corned Beef Hash

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Cheddar Shortcakes with Corned Beef HashLisa Hubbard

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    3 hr

  • Yield

    Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

For biscuits

1

cup sour cream

3

/4 cup water

3

cups all-purpose flour

1

1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1

teaspoon baking soda

1

1/2 teaspoons salt

3

tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into bits

6

oz sharp Cheddar, coarsely grated (1 1/2 cups)

For hash

2

lb yellow-fleshed potatoes such as Yukon Gold

2

onions, coarsely chopped

3

/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter

2

red bell peppers, coarsely chopped

1

lb (1/8-inch-thick) slices cooked corned beef, cut crosswise into 1/8-inch-wide strips

1

teaspoon salt

1

/2 teaspoon black pepper

1

/2 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley

Accompaniment:tomatillo salsa

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. Make biscuits:

    Step 1

    Preheat oven to 425°F.

    Step 2

    Stir together sour cream and water until smooth. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl, then blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until there are no longer any lumps. Add Cheddar and toss, then stir in thinned sour cream with a fork until just combined.

    Step 3

    Drop dough in 6 evenly spaced mounds on a buttered baking sheet and bake in middle of oven until pale golden and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer biscuits to a rack to cool slightly.

  2. Make hash while biscuits bake:

    Step 4

    Peel potatoes and cut into 1/3-inch dice. Cook in a pot of boiling salted water until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes, then drain in a colander.

    Step 5

    While potatoes are boiling, cook onions in butter in a deep 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add bell peppers and cook, stirring, until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.

    Step 6

    Add corned beef, potatoes, salt, and pepper and cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until hash is browned and crisp, about 15 minutes. Stir in parsley.

    Step 7

    Split biscuits and spoon hash and salsa onto bottom halves. Put tops on biscuits.