I’m overwhelmed with apples and pears at the moment. My challenge is that I don’t eat very many crumbles, pies, cakes or chutneys. I just don’t have a sweet tooth. Inspired by Carl Legge, I will definitely have a go at making apple cider vinegar (salads and cole slaw I DO eat). But what else?
I’m not totally adverse to chutney. The trouble is, most recipes say the chutney “goes well with cold meats and cheeses”, neither of which I really eat. So I need something a bit more versatile, something to go with veggie burgers, perhaps? Or with Indian food?
Here are a few recipes that strike my fancy:
- Pear Chutney – “The Perfect Partner to Pecorino”
- Tomato and apple ketchup
- Fragrant Mango & Apple Chutney
- Apple barbecue sauce
- Spicy plum & apple chutney
- Pear relish
- Apple Ketchup (sans tomato)
- Gingered Pear Preserves
- Spiced pear ketchup
Tell me, apple aficionados, what does a girl without a sweet tooth do with a serious amount of apples? I am open to suggestions. Who knows, maybe one of you out there has the ultimate apple pie / cake / crumble recipe that will make me change my ways!
I can let you have a lovely recipe for Ohio Chutney from “The Apple Connection” by Beatrice Ross Buszek. It features apples of course, plus chunks of orange peel which really add a zing!
My dad’s side of the family is from Ohio, which automatically makes this recipe appealing (apple-ealing?). Yes, please share!
Tons of yummy looking ideas here for apples:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/362259
Ones that sound good to me are the squash apple soup, song of india rice, greens apples cheddar quiche…
My own suggestion would be to take a go at Apple chips!
As for the pears, Miss Breadmaker, you could make pear bread!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pear-Bread-I/Detail.aspx
Pear Gorgonzola Pizza, pear butter…
Pear pickle! http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_06/pear_pickles.html
Yum, I’m getting jealous just thinking about it!
I’m totally making apple chips. I might salt them, too. 🙂
Who knows, salt & pepper apple chips could totally take off as a fad. OR Salt & Vinegar!!!
Mmm – salt & cider vinegar apple chips – I like the sound of that.
Recipe following for Ohio chutney when I work out how to operate my scanner!
Stephanie, I have another recipe mission for you – PEAR GELATO, a la Grom in Firenze!
Diana, looking forward to the chutney recipe. You could always take a picture of it. 😉
Limoncello Gingered Pear Gelato!!
http://doughmesstic.blogspot.com/2008/08/if-you-could-taste-night-air-on-amalfi.html
Amaretto-Poached Pear Gelato
http://leitesculinaria.com/9546/recipes-amaretto-poached-pear-gelato.html
Then there’s your Basic Pear Gelato….
http://www.cookthink.com/recipe/11822/Pear_Gelato
Yum!
Chutney’s go awesome on everything, in my opinion, especially if you give them some kick with peppers! You’ve definitely got a lot of good ideas & I don’t have anything new to add, but I can’t wait to see what you come up with!