Apple Almond Pilaf Food

APPLE ALMOND PILAF

Steps:

• Melt butter in a nonstick saucepan. Add almonds; cook and stir over medium heat until lightly browned. Stir in plums, raisins and apple slices; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 20 minutes.

APPLE-ALMOND TURNOVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place apples in a large baking dish and add vinegar, brown sugar, and 3/4 cup water; scrape in seeds from vanilla bean and add pod. Toss to coat apples and roast, turning apples occasionally and adding a splash of water if pan looks dry at any point, until apples are tender and starting to brown and juices are syrupy, 35-40 minutes. Let apples cool in pan; discard vanilla pod. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F.
• Roll out puff pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 14x11" rectangle. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet, placing a short end nearest to you.
• Roll out almond paste on a lightly floured surface to about a 11x4" rectangle and place lengthwise on the left-hand side of pastry, leaving a 1 1/2" border on the left side.
• Arrange apple halves in a single row, slightly overlapping, on top of almond paste and drizzle any pan juices over. Dot apples with butter and fold a long side of pastry up and over apples to create a long rectangle. Using a fork, crimp all open edges firmly to seal; trim crimped sides just enough to tidy edges.
• Whisk egg with 1 tsp. water in a small bowl and brush pastry with egg wash; sprinkle with granulated sugar. Cut several slits in top of the puff pastry to vent. Bake turnover, rotating baking sheet halfway through, until pastry is puffed and deeply browned, 40-45 minutes. Let cool slightly. Serve slices of turnover with scoops of ice cream, if desired.
• Turnover can be baked 1 day ahead. Let cool; store tightly wrapped at room temperature. Reheat in 350°F oven, if desired.

ALMOND RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and almonds in butter until onion is tender and almonds are lightly browned. Add broth; bring to a boil. Stir in rice. Cover and remove from the heat. Let stand for 5-8 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed.

APPLE RICE PILAF WITH TOASTED ALMONDS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt butter and saute onion and apples over medium heat until soft. Add apple juice, increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Stir in rice. Cover and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes. Remove cover and stir in toasted almonds. Serve.

CURRIED BASMATI RICE AND APPLE PILAF

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and stir 30 seconds. Stir in rice, apple, apricots, cinnamon stick, ginger, curry powder and salt. Add 2 cups water and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 18 minutes. Remove from heat. Season to taste with pepper and additional salt, if desired. Transfer pilaf to bowl. Sprinkle with almonds and serve.

APPLE ALMOND PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Press 1 pie crust into a 9-inch pie pan.
• Toss apples, almonds, white sugar, brown sugar, and flour together in a bowl until apples and almonds are completely coated.
• Mix honey, egg yolk, water, and almond extract together in a microwave-safe dish.
• Microwave honey mixture, stirring every 15 seconds, until mixture is melted and smooth, 30 to 45 seconds. Pour honey mixture over apple mixture and toss to coat. Transfer apple mixture to the prepared pie crust; sprinkle filling with cinnamon. Top pie with the remaining pie crust and pinch edges together to seal.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is lightly browned, 45 to 50 minutes.

APPLE ALMOND PIE

Steps:

• Prepare pie crust for filled one-crust pie using 9-inch pan.
• Flute edge.
• Heat oven to 375F.
• Reserve 2 T sugar.
• In medium bowl, combine remaining sugar and corn starch.
• Add eggs, beating well to combine.
• Stir in butter, corn syrup and almond extract.
• Mix in apples and almonds.
• Pour into pie crust-lined pan.
• If desired, garnish with apple slices overlapped in a circle around edge of pie.
• Sprinkle center with almonds.
• Sprinkle reserved sugar over top.
• Bake at 375F for 50 minutes or until center of pie is set.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Store in refrigerator.

APRICOT ALMOND PILAF

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion and carrot until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in basmati rice and salt; cook and stir until rice is slightly opaque, about 3 minutes.
• Pour in water; stir to combine. Mix in saffron threads, rose water, apricots, and almonds; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until rice has absorbed the liquid, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow pilaf to stand covered for 10 more minutes. Stir before serving.