{"id":30073,"date":"2018-09-07T03:27:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T10:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=30073"},"modified":"2018-09-07T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T18:19:06","slug":"relish-the-new-years-apples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2018\/09\/07\/relish-the-new-years-apples\/","title":{"rendered":"Relish the New Year\u2019s apples"},"content":{"rendered":"

(photo by Jonathunde)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Although summer is still in full swing, apples come into the markets here in Israel before Rosh Hashanah. I love apples; they are probably my most favourite fruit, especially in fall and winter. Here are some apple recipes for your holiday table.<\/p>\n

BAKED APPLE RELISH
\n<\/strong>I found this recipe in a women\u2019s magazine 40 years ago but it still makes a good accompaniment for chicken or meat.<\/em><\/p>\n

6 small baking apples, core removed, scooped out insides leaving a shell, setting the scooped out insides in a bowl
\n<\/strong>2 tbsp butter or margarine
\n<\/strong>1 cup chopped onions
\n<\/strong>1 cup chopped tomatoes
\n<\/strong>1\/4 cup raisins
\n<\/strong>1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger or 1\/2 tsp ground ginger
\n<\/strong>1\/4 tsp dry mustard
\n<\/strong>4 tbsp red fruit preserves
\n<\/strong>4 tbsp cider vinegar
\n<\/strong>1\/4 tsp crushed red pepper (optional)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F.<\/p>\n

2. Melt butter or margarine in a large frying pan. Add onion and saut\u00e9 five minutes.<\/p>\n

3. Add chopped apples, tomato, raisins, ginger, mustard, one tablespoon preserves, one tablespoon vinegar, and red pepper, if using. Cook five minutes or until mixture starts to thicken.<\/p>\n

4. Spoon into hollowed out apples. Arrange apples in a shallow baking pan.<\/p>\n

5. Add remaining preserves and vinegar to frying pan and heat a few minutes. Pour over apples.<\/p>\n

6. Bake for 30-45 minutes.<\/p>\n

HONEY AND APPLE CAKE
\n<\/strong>I found this recipe of an Israeli chef from a Bnei Brak bakery in a local newspaper. It makes two loaves.<\/em><\/p>\n

4 eggs
\n<\/strong>3\/4 cup sugar
\n<\/strong>3\/4 cup oil
\n<\/strong>1 cup honey
\n<\/strong>2 1\/2 cups flour
\n<\/strong>1 tsp baking powder
\n<\/strong>1 tsp baking soda
\n<\/strong>1 cup strong fruit tea
\n<\/strong>1 tsp cinnamon
\n<\/strong>1 tsp ground ginger
\n<\/strong>1\/4 tsp ground cloves
\n<\/strong>2 to 3 green apples, cut into small cubes<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F. Oil two loaf pans.<\/p>\n

2. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar for two minutes in a mixer at medium speed. Add oil then honey and mix.<\/p>\n

3. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.<\/p>\n

4. Add to egg-sugar-oil-honey mixture. Mix until smooth.<\/p>\n

5. Add tea and apples and mix.<\/p>\n

6. Pour batter into two loaf pans. Bake for 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

MY FAVOURITE MICROWAVE APPLE CHUTNEY
\n<\/strong>I make this chutney for our favourite fish curry, but it can be used with other dishes as well. Makes two cups.<\/em><\/p>\n

1\/3 cup chopped lemon
\n<\/strong>1 chopped garlic clove
\n<\/strong>1 2\/3 cups chopped apples
\n<\/strong>3\/4 cup brown sugar
\n<\/strong>1\/2 cup raisins
\n<\/strong>1 tbsp ground ginger
\n<\/strong>dash chili powder
\n<\/strong>2\/3 cup cider vinegar<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Place all ingredients in a microwavable dish. Microwave four minutes.<\/p>\n

Sybil Kaplan<\/strong> is a journalist, lecturer, book reviewer and food writer in Jerusalem. She created and leads the weekly English-language Shuk Walks in Machane Yehuda, she has compiled and edited nine kosher cookbooks, and is the author of <\/em>Witness to History: Ten Years as a Woman Journalist in Israel.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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