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Recipe: Firecracker Applesauce

Posted by Chef Jim on April 15, 2010 | Comments Off

Here’s what you need:

12 medium Granny Smith apples, cored and chopped, skins on
2 serrano chiles, seeded and chopped
½ cup apple cider vinegar
3 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 Tbsp. salt
1 bay leaf
1 quart apple cider or apple juice

Here’s how to make it:

Put all ingredients in a large pot. Cover and simmer until apples are tender. Remove the cinnamon stick and bay leaf. Puree ingredients with a stick blender. Or remove several cups of the apple mix and puree carefully in a blender.

Strain through a fine sieve while the sauce is till hot. Add additional diced apples for extra texture. Cool in the refrigerator and serve chilled.

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Video: Apple Quick Bread

Posted by Chef Jim on February 2, 2010 | Comments Off

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It’s quick! It’s easy! It’s so delicious…but is it a dessert or a breakfast bread? You’ll have to make it and taste it to find out.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

4 cups of baking apples, peeled, cored and cubed
4 large eggs, beaten
1 cup canola oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar

Topping
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup all-purpose sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease two standard bread loaf pans.

Peel, core and clice the apples and cut into one-inch chunks.

Beat eggs in mixer bowl until pale and fluffy. Add the oil and beat slowly until combined. Add the vanilla, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Beat until thoroughly mixed. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour and sugar to blend. Turn the mixer to high and beat until mixture is smooth (it will be very thick). Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold in the chopped apples.

Divide the mixture between the two loaf pans.

Make the topping by cutting the butter into the flour with a fork and adding the cinnamon and sugar and mix until crumbly. Sprinkle equal amounts on each loaf. Bake for one hour until firm to the touch. Remove and cool on a rack. When completely cool, remove from the pans and slice.

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