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Rocky Mountain High Apple Crisp
Bon Appetit Archives

5 cups peeled, sliced tart apples
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
2 tablespoons Amaretto
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cream or ice cream

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 2-quart round baking dish.
Arrange apple slices in bottom of dish. Sprinkle evenly with cinnamon, orange zest, lemon zest, Grand Marnier and Amaretto.
Combine the sugar, flour, butter, brown sugar and salt in medium bowl
and mix until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Bake until golden, about 1
hour. Spoon into bowls. Garnish with cream, whipped cream, or
ice cream.

Apple Pandowdy
Bon Appetit Archives

5 cups 1/2-inch-thick sliced, peeled, cored
apples (about 2 1/2 pounds)
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons flour
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon salt

Topping:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup toasted almonds, finely ground
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup well-chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar

Vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Generously butter an 8-inch soufflé dish. Dust with sugar. Combine apples with Grand Marnier and lemon juice. Transfer to prepared dish; do not smooth surface. Toss 3/4 cup sugar,
flour, lemon zest and salt in small bowl to blend. Sprinkle over apples.
Bake 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare Topping: Whisk flour, almonds, 3 tablespoons
sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl to blend. Cut in butter
until mixture resembles coarse meal. Beat milk with egg; add to flour
mixture and stir until just combined. Drop batter over apples by large spoonfuls. Sprinkle with remaining 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until
top is golden brown and juices bubble, about 20 minutes. Cool at least
15 minutes. Serve warm, top with vanilla ice cream.

Gigi’s Waldorf Salad

According to Bon Appetit, Waldorf Salad got its name from the luxurious
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York and was invented in 1896 not by a chef
but by the maître d'hôtel Oscar Tschirky. As often happens, many variations
evolved. This one was my mother’s favorite:

3 tart apples - peeled, cored and chopped
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup seedless grapes
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sour cream or plain yogurt
3 tablespoons apple juice
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
Pinch of salt and white pepper
Romaine lettuce leaves

In a large bowl combine the apples, lemon juice, grapes, celery, raisins
and walnuts.
In a small bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream or yogurt,
apple juice, celery seed, salt and pepper, combining well.
Pour the dressing over the apple mixture and toss to combine. Serve
on Romaine lettuce leaves. Makes 4 servings.

Beet, Radicchio and Apple Salad
with Roquefort
Apples – A Country Garden Cookbook
Christopher Idone, 1993, Collins Publishers, San Francisco

"The fruitiness and refreshing acidity of the cider-walnut dressing
enlivens this colorful salad."

Cider-Walnut Dressing
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
4 tablespoons walnut oil
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

4 medium beets, baked or boiled, peeled and cut into julienne
1 large head radicchio, trimmed, cored and cut into julienne
1 large endive, trimmed, cored and cut widthwise into julienne
1 bunch watercress, trimmed and chopped
2 medium sweet-tart apples (such as Northern Spy or
Winesap), peeled, cored, sliced and cut into julienne
1/4 cup fresh walnuts, shelled
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 ounces Roquefort cheese, crumbled

In a large bowl, whisk together the vinegar, oils and mustard. Season
with salt and pepper.
Toss the beets, radicchio, endive, watercress and apples with the
cider-walnut dressing.
Toast the walnut meats in a nonstick pan over high heat for a minute,
or until warmed through. Season with a little salt and pepper.
Divide the salad among 4 chilled salad plates. Top each salad with
some toasted walnuts and Roquefort. Serves 4.

Baked Apples with Spiced Ricotta and
Maple Syrup

4 medium Rome apples (8 ounces each) cored
to within 1/2 inch of base
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 tablespoons pure maple syrup
3/4 heaping teaspoon freshly grated ginger
Four 3-inch-long cinnamon sticks
3/4 cup ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon confectioner's sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons heavy cream

Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Peel about 1 inch of skin from tops of
apples; cut a sliver off the bottoms so the apples will stand. Place
them in a 9-inch glass pie plate.
Cut 1 tablespoon butter into 4 pieces; fill each apple core with a piece
of butter, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, 1/8 teaspoon ginger, and 1 cinna-
mon stick. Place remaining 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons
syrup in bottom of pie plate.
Bake, basting several times with pan juices, until apples are golden
and tender, about 35 minutes (the skin may split). Transfer apples to
a serving dish; let baking juices stand to thicken, about 15 minutes.
Purée ricotta, confectioner's sugar, remaining ginger, cinnamon and
cream in food processor. Serve 2 heaping tablespoons of ricotta
cream with each apple and drizzle with the warm syrup.

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