Orange Biscuits with Glazed Strawberries and Vanilla Wipped Cream

Ingredients

2 1/2 Cups	Flour
1 Tbls.	Baking Powder
1 t.	Baking Soda
1 t.	Salt
1/2 Cup	Granulated Sugar
1/3 Cup	Shortening
1/4 Cup	Buttermilk
1/2 Cup	Orange Juice
1 Orange	Orange Zest
1 pint	Strawberries (From Airlie Garden)
1 Cup	Granulated Sugar
1 Cup	Heavy Cream
1/2 Cup	10x Sugar
Half of Bean	Vanilla Bean

Method of Preparation

For Biscuits:

1. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.
2. Cut in shortening. Shortenign should be pea size.
3. Then add buttermilk, orange juice and zest. Mix till combined. Do not over mix.
4. Roll dough to 3/4 inch thick. Using standard biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits. Standard cutter is about 3 inches in diameter. Should yield about 4 to 5 biscuits.
5. Place on a greased sheet pan. Brush outside with orange juice and bake at 350 for 15 minutes or golden brown.

For Strawberries:

1. De-stem strawberries and slice into 1/4 inch sections.
2. In a bowl, combine strawberries and sugar and let set in refrigerator for 15 to 20 minutes.

For Whipped Cream:

1. Combine cream, sugar and vanilla bean and whisk to soft

Finshed Product

1. After biscuits have cooled slice in half. Place bottom of biscuit on plate.
2. Take some of the juice from the strawberries and coat the bottom half of the biscuit.
3. Take your whipped cream that is at soft peaks and place on the biscuit and in front on the plate.
4. Spoon on strawberries.
5. Ladle a little juice on the bottom section of the top half of biscuit. Place off center on top of strawberries.
6. Garnish with a little whipped cream, strawberry halves and mint.