Caramelized Cardamom Apples With Pistachio Cream Recipes

CARDAMOM APPLE CRISP WITH CARAMEL CREAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square baking dish with shortening or cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, toss apples with 1/3 cup of the brown sugar. Spread apples in dish. In another bowl, stir remaining 2/3 cup brown sugar, the flour, oats, cardamom and cinnamon until well mixed. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over apples.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with fork. Cool 45 minutes before serving.
• In chilled large deep bowl, beat whipping cream and caramel topping with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Serve caramel cream with warm crisp. Drizzle with additional caramel topping, if desired.

CARAMELIZED CARDAMOM APPLES WITH PISTACHIO CREAM

Steps:

• Whip the cream lightly in a bowl till it just holds its shape, but is not stiff at all.
• Fold half of the pistachio nuts into the cream, cover and refrigerate.
• Melt the butter over low heat in a large nonstick skillet. Take the pan off the heat.
• Peel, core and slice the apples thinly, dropping the slices into the butter as you cut them.
• Fold them into the butter as you go so that they do not discolor. (If you like, you could keep the pan over very low heat as you do this.).
• Add the cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, sugar, almonds and walnuts.
• Cook on medium heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring gently as you do so.
• Turn the heat to high; cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring very gently now and then, till apples have caramelized lightly.
• Serve on individual plates with a dollop of cream partially on, partially off the apples.
• Sprinkle remaining pistachios over the cream.

CARAMELIZED CARDAMOM PEARS WITH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• In a small saucepan melt butter over moderate heat and stir in brown sugar, water, and cardamom until sugar is dissolved. Quarter pear lengthwise and core. Cut each pear quarter in half lengthwise and in an 8-inch square baking pan toss with syrup. Roast pears in middle of oven, turning once, until tender and syrup is caramelized, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer pears with a slotted spoon to 2 plates and stir rum into syrup until combined well. Scoop ice cream onto plates and spoon syrup over it.

CARAMELIZED APPLES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the apples to the pan and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Sauté the apples, stirring frequently, for 6-8 minutes, until they just start to turn tender.
• Sprinkle the apples with the remaining sugar, cinnamon, and lemon zest.
• Toss the mixture gently and cook over medium heat for an additional 2 minutes, until the sugar begins to caramelize and the apples are crisp-tender.
• Transfer the apples from the skillet to a serving bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Turn the heat to high and add the apple cider to the skillet, scraping up any browned bits.
• Reduce the heat slightly and allow the cider and the pan juices to simmer for 1-3 minutes, until the sauce has reduced and thickened slightly.
• If you desire a thicker sauce, dissolve the cornstarch in a teaspoon of water, stir it into the sauce, and allow it to thicken for a moment.
• Pour the finished sauce over the warm apples and serve immediately.