Apple And Caraway Tartlets With Cinnamon Clove Ice Cream And Cider Caramel Sauce Food

APPLE PIE TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out crust; cut into twenty 2-1/2-in. circles. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of miniature muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Prick crusts with a fork. Spray lightly with cooking spray. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over crusts. , Bake until golden brown, 6-8 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Add apples; cook and stir over medium heat until crisp-tender, 4-5 minutes. Stir in sugar, caramel topping, flour, cinnamon, lemon juice and salt. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until sauce is thickened and apples are tender, about 2 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Spoon into tart shells.

APPLE AND RED ONION CARAWAY TART

Steps:

• Place flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon caraway seeds in a food processor. Add butter pieces; process for about 10 seconds, until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• With machine running, add ice water slowly through feed tube. When dough holds together but is not sticky, stop adding water; do not process for more than 30 seconds.
• Divide dough in half; turn out onto plastic wrap. Press dough into flat rectangles. Wrap in plastic, and chill for at least an hour.
• Spray two rectangular tart pans (13 by 4 inches) with vegetable-oil cooking spray; place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. On a floured board, roll pastry to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Transfer a piece of pastry to each pan, pressing it into edges; trim pastry about 3/8 inch higher than edge of pan. Prick bottom of tart. Cover with plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in center. Take chilled pastry from refrigerator, and remove plastic wrap. Line with parchment paper, and weight with dried beans. Bake for about 20 minutes; when pastry just colors around edges, remove paper and weights; continue to bake just until pastry is light golden, about 10 more minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• To make filling, peel and core apples. Cut into quarters; then cut each quarter into four slices. Peel onions, and halve lengthwise. Cut each half into 1/4-inch slices. Melt sugar and 2 tablespoons butter in a medium skillet. Add apples; cook over medium-low heat for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; raise heat to medium high, and cook for 2 more minutes, until the apples are golden. Transfer apples and all the pan juices to a bowl. In the same skillet, melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Add onions and cook for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are just brown. Add remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook 2 minutes more. Return apples to pan; over low heat, toss to combine.
• Sprinkle cheese along bottom of tart shells. Divide warm apple-onion mixture between them. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds over tarts, and serve.

CARAMEL APPLE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Cook apple in melted butter in large skillet over medium heat until tender, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in apple cider and apple pie spice; cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Whisk sweetened condensed milk and cream in medium bowl until well blended. Stir in apple mixture. Fill a large bowl about halfway with ice cubes and very cold water. Set the medium bowl containing the ice cream mixture inside the large bowl. Stir until very cold, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Spread in 8- or 9-inch square pan. Cover and freeze until firm, about 3 hours. Scoop ice cream and mound in pan. Drizzle caramel topping over entire surface, allowing caramel to seep into ice cream. Pack ice cream back into pan. Cover and freeze until ready to serve.