Apple Brandy Sauce Food

APPLE BRANDY

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat., Place apples in a large glass or plastic container; add the sugar mixture, brandy, cloves and cinnamon stick. Cover and let stand at room temperature for at least two weeks, stirring once a week., Strain brandy mixture; discard apples and spices. Pour into glass bottles. Place an additional three cloves and one cinnamon stick in each bottle.

APPLE BRANDY SAUCE

Steps:

• Simmer apple juice over medium heat until reduced to a light syrup. Add brandy and mix to combine. Saute onions in unsalted butter until soft. Add brandy mixture and whipping cream to onions with thyme. Cook about 10 minutes, until a sauce consistency is reached. Drizzle approximately 1 tablespoon over portions of salmon. Delicious. Not recommended for low fat diets! Makes at least 10 servings.

APPLE BRANDY

Steps:

• Combine apples, cinnamon sticks, and water in a sauce pan.
• Cook covered over medium heat for 10 minutes; add sugar, stir until dissolved. Cool.
• Combine apple mixture, brandy, and wine in large airtight glass container.
• Store in cool dark place for 3 weeks, shaking container every 3 days.
• Strain through double thickness cheesecloth. Pour into glass bottle and cover tightly.
• Store in cool dark place for 2 weeks before drinking.

APPLE BREAD PUDDING WITH BRANDY BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE

Steps:

• PREHEAT THE OVEN to 350°F
• Lightly grease a 9- by 13-inch baking dish.
• CRUMBLE THE BREAD into coarse crumbs, using your hands.
• Sprinkle two-thirds of the crumbs into the prepared baking dish.
• Arrange the apple wedges over the bread in rows, overlapping them slightly.
• COMBINE THE EGGS, half-and-half, 1 cup of the sugar, 2 teaspoons of the cinnamon, and the nutmeg and cloves in a large bowl.
• Beat well, then pour the mixture over the apples and bread.
• In another bowl, combine the ground hazelnuts with the remaining bread crumbs, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Sprinkle this mixture over the apples and press down gently so it soaks up some of the liquid.
• Bake until the pudding is lightly browned and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes.
• MAKE THE SAUCE while the bread pudding is baking.
• Combine the butter and honey in a deep, medium-sized saucepan (the mixture will expand when it boils) and heat over medium-low heat until both are melted and smooth.
• Bring to a boil without stirring and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Reduce the heat and carefully stir in the cream and brandy.
• Cook 1 minute longer.
• Set aside and keep warm until needed.
• LET THE BREAD PUDDING sit for a few minutes before cutting into serving pieces.
• Drizzle a little of the brandy butterscotch sauce over each serving, passing the extra sauce separately.

BRANDY BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Soak the dried fruit in the brandy (or rum if you're using that) overnight.
• Preheat oven to 300°F and core the cooking apples, leaving them whole and unpeeled.
• Mix the sugar, butter and allspice in to the fruit and brandy mixture then stuff the cavity of the apples with it.
• Put the apples in a dish, cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for a further 10 minutes or until apples are soft.
• Serve with heavy cream or ice cream.

CHICKEN WITH APPLE-BRANDY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Coat with flour, shaking off excess.
• Add chicken to skillet and cook until brown on both sides and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side.
• Transfer to platter.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon butter from skillet.
• Add apples and both brandies; simmer over medium heat until apples are tender and liquid is slightly syrupy, about 7 minutes.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer apples to platter with chicken.
• Add cream to skillet; boil until thickened to sauce consistency, about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Return chicken and apples to skillet and heat through, about 2 minutes.
• Arrange chicken on plates.
• Spoon apples and sauce over and serve.