kthread cooks: saucy apples
Spiked with cinnamon, and topped with macerated pluots, the kthread version can be taken further (toast some granola and add ice cream, or, alternately, ladle under roasted pork tenderloin) or eaten as is, along with cheese (I like Parrano). I do think apples should accommodate our additions—suppose that’s rather American of me.
Recipe: For one, quarter and roughly chop four apples (don’t peel), and add to a pan on medium with 2 tbsp unsalted butter. Add one-half cup of cider, cover; smush apples every five minutes for fifteen minutes or until the apples are your preferred consistency. Meanwhile, cover diced dried fruit with rum or bourbon in a small bowl. Fill a bowl with the apples, top with a tablespoon of macerated fruit, sprinkle cinnamon, and squeeze some lemon over (if you have). A very tiny bit of salt will add depth to the sweetness.
listening recommendation: Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”
reading recommendation: the apple chapter of Michael Pollan’s Botany of Desire
saucy apple wallpaper on Flickr
drink pairing: more of the unfiltered, unpasteurized cider
salt recommendation: tiny bit of sel Gris
What do you stir into applesauce?
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Posted Wednesday, September 24th, 2008, 5:33 am * Filed in Food, Video. * Tags: apple, cooking, Food, kristen, kthread, kthreadcooks, sauce, season, taylor. Follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I like the idea of cooking apples.
When I was a kid, for a disturbingly long period, I supposedly only ate apples, and nothing else. My parents were concerned and it took a long time for me to consume something else.
Just proves that apples are full of juicy goodness.
Here’s to greater apple obsession in adulthood.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I’ve been thinking about our trip to Carter Mtn lately, myself. Strangely enough, just this weekend I had a craving for that very crepe we had the day of our adventure (nutella, apples and strawberries) so I bought one and reminisced.
September 24th, 2008 at 10:18 am
YUM. Right after I read this, I read this:
http://amandamc.blogspot.com/2008/09/delicious-fall-cocktail.html
…and thought it sounded like something you’d like to try!
September 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Antony, how interesting that you only desired that fruit.
Dana, I’m happy to hear that. I’ll never forget learning to use the apple picker as I flailed at branches and you cartwheeled…
Amanda, that cider cocktail looks fabulous; we may need to go try it this weekend when I’m in town—