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Your best apple recipes here please

 
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Carla Burke wrote:Hi, Inge! I'm actually good. Including apples in savory dishes is definitely easy. But, many of us with a sweet tooth often miss the sweeter side of apples, for desserts - so, I thought I'd include some, here.



Ha! And, while this is true, some savory apple recipes would also be lovely, especially in this thread! I didn't mean - 'no don't bother', by any means. I (and I'm sure others!) would love to see and try them, please!
 
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I saw this the other day. 1/2 potatoes and 1/2 apples boiled, once soft, coarsely mash. While the potato/apples are boiling caramelize one large onion with butter. Serve the mashed mixture with the caramelized onions on top. Sounds good, haven't tried it yet.
 
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That does sound good! I know I enjoy spiced apples and sliced onions, carmelized in bacon fat, and served over pork chops, pork roast, chicken, or turkey.
 
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Robert Ray wrote:I saw this the other day. 1/2 potatoes and 1/2 apples boiled, once soft, coarsely mash. While the potato/apples are boiling caramelize one large onion with butter. Serve the mashed mixture with the caramelized onions on top. Sounds good, haven't tried it yet.


Yes, that's about the same as the traditional Dutch 'Hete bliksem'. But then the recipe states that you use one sweet apple and one sour/tart apple (for more people more apples, but always half/half). Apples and potatoes go all together in the same pot to boil in some water with a pinch of salt. Probably the parts of one of the apples with remain recognisable, while the other totally falls apart. So be careful not to throw away the water (put it in a tea glass to drink).

Traditionally this 'Hete bliksem' is served with baked small cubes of lard (fat bacon), or with baked minced meat (or a mix of both). I think caramelized onions are a good choice too.
 
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Do you have more savory apple recipes, Inge?
 
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Carla Burke wrote:Do you have more savory apple recipes, Inge?


It'll take some time to translate from Dutch to English.  I don't always have the time ... Please have patience.
 
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Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:

Carla Burke wrote:Do you have more savory apple recipes, Inge?


It'll take some time to translate from Dutch to English.  I don't always have the time ... Please have patience.


Absolutely! Looking forward to them, thank you so much!
 
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Megan Palmer wrote:One of our favourite desserts is a French pear flan with a shortcrust pastry and almond cream filling (aka frangipane) with the fruit sandwiched between layers of the filling.

Apples, plums, peaches and cherries can be substituted for the pears.



A Great Looking desert !

I have what is called an Dutch Apple Tart, that is also a Great Recipe, but I will be looking to use Almond Flower next time, my dear departed Mum had most of her Recipes in Shorthand, a Language that is almost Obsolete these days.

I don't suppose you have this Recipe in Text form, as I have great difficulty reading your writing, as parts of some characters are missing !?
 
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Here is the first of the recipes I translated from Dutch. I didn't 'translate' the weight and temperature, so it still has a Dutch atmosphere ;-)
This one is loved by vegetarians when they have guests for dinner ...

Sauerkraut and apple oven dish

Ingredients:
1 kg potatoes; salt and pepper; 250 ml full fat milk; 3 tbsp butter; ½ tsp nutmeg; 2 onions, cut in rings; 500 g sauerkraut; 2 bay leaves; ½ tsp caraway seeds ; 150 ml apple juice; 2 apples (Belle de Boskoop); ½ tsp curry powder; 100 g mixed nuts, roasted and crushed; 1 tsp thyme leaves.

1. Peel potatoes, cut in pieces and cook in water with salt (about 15 min.).
2. Pour the water off, add milk and 1 tblsp butter, mash the potatoes thoroughly. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste.
Preheat the oven to  180°C.
3. Fry ¼ of the onion rings in 1 tbsp butter, don't let them brown. Add sauerkraut, bay leaves and caraway seeds, fry a little and then add the apple juice. Let simmer on low heat with the lid on for 15 min.
4. Cut the apples in slices (cut away the cores). Add 2/3 of the apple slices to the sauerkraut in the pan for 5 minutes. Add curry, salt and pepper to taste.
5. Grease an ovendish with butter, Spread the sauerkraut mix in it. Then spread the potato mash over it, make it flat with a spoon. Put it in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
6. Meanwhile fry the rest of the onions in 1 tbsp butter golden brown. Mix in the thyme and nuts.
7. Take the ovendish out of the oven. Put the remaining apple slices on it, pour over the onion nut mix, put it back in the oven for about 5 minutes.
 
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That sounds delicious, Inge! Thank you for translating and sharing it!!
 
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Here I have a gift to you all. The page full of apples from my inherited old Dutch cook book.
I think those were the apple varieties that were know when that book was first published, in 1910. But maybe the colour pages were added later.
Most of these apple varieties aren't grown here anymore, there are others now that aren't shown in this picture.


Apples.
 
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i have been getting a lot of good apples at good prices lately. While we also appreciate a good savory recipe (made apples, sauerkraut and pork chops with spatzle the other day) most of what I make is cake.

I made this custard/cake yesterday and it was marvelous!
https://www.eatingwell.com/magic-apple-cake-12071281

and this one was last week. https://www.eatingwell.com/irish-apple-cake-11897812

(we try to eat as much fiber as possible and this site has a lot of whole grain options that taste great, i'm working my way through their apple recipes)
 
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My next translated recipe.
For those who don't like fish: you can just leave it out, the salad will still taste good!

Apple-beetroot salad with fish

Ingredients:
200 g spelt
250 g cooked (red) beetroot
1 apple
4 smoked mackerel filets*
1 tuft of spring onions (I think walking onions are OK too)
2 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp lemon juice
salt
2 tsp cumin seeds (roasted)
1 pinch of chili flakes (if you like)

Ingredients dressing:
a handful of finely chopped dill green
2 tsp grated fresh horseradish
150 g yoghurt


1. Cook the spelt grains for about 25 minutes in water with salt. Drain and let cool down.
2. For the dressing mix half of the dill and all horseradish with the yoghurt. Add salt to taste. If you like you can make it a little thinner with 1 – 3 tbsp water.
3. Fry the chopped onion greens softly in some olive oil. Add the lemon juice, cumin seeds and chili flakes. Take off the fire and add salt and pepper to taste.
4. In a large bowl mix the cooked spelt with the fried onion mixture. Add the other half of the dill and mix well.
Put the cubes of beetroot and apple and the fish* over the spelt. Drip the dressing over it.

*in this recipe it's smoked mackerel, but I know this kind of salad with the typical Dutch salted herring. The taste is very different, but I think both are a good combination with beetroot and apple.

 
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New apple recipe I made up today, I call them apple "biscwiches" :

1. Make your favorite (American) rolled biscuit dough, but use apple cider for at least half the liquid.

2. Roll dough thinner than usual, about 1/2 inch.

3. Top one half of dough with thinly sliced apple and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

4. Fold the other half of dough to make a "sandwich." Press chopped nuts onto top of sandwich.

5. With a large knife, cut into serving-sized rectangles.

6. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

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Apple biscwich
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