Apple Confit Crock Pot Food

SLOW-COOKER APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Place apples in large bowl; add granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and the cinnamon. Stir until apples are evenly coated.
• Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place apple mixture into slow cooker.
• In large bowl, mix 1/2 cup flour, the oats, brown sugar and salt. Stir until well combined. Using fork or pastry blender, cut cold butter into mixture until crumbly. Sprinkle over apple mixture. Cover and cook on High heat setting 2 hours. Turn off heat; remove cover, and cool 30 minutes.
• Serve warm with a scoop of your favorite ice cream.

APPLE COMFORT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the apples, sugar, flour and cinnamon. Spoon into a greased 3-qt. slow cooker. Whisk the eggs, cream and vanilla; pour over apple mixture. Combine the cracker crumbs, pecans and butter; sprinkle over top., Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until apples are tender. Serve warm, with ice cream if desired.

SLOW COOKER APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Mix flour, brown sugar, 1/2 cup of white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl. Combine butter with the flour mixture using fingers or a fork until coarse crumbs form. Stir in walnuts and set aside.
• Whisk together 1/3 cup sugar, cornstarch, ginger, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Place the apples in a slow cooker, stir in the cornstarch mixture; toss with lemon juice. Sprinkle the walnut crumb topping on top. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours or Low for 4 hours, until apples are tender. Partially uncover the slow cooker to allow the topping to harden, about 1 hour.

CROCK POT STEWED APPLES

Steps:

• Put first 5 ingredients in your crock pot.
• Stir well to coat the apples with all the spices.
• Dot with butter.
• Cook on low about 4 hours.
• Stir once during cooking.
• Since crock pot temperatures vary, you should check to make sure that apples are soft but not mushy like apple sauce.
• It should have the consistency of apple pie filling.
• This is DELICIOUS warm with vanilla ice cream!
• It's good plain too.

CROCK POT ONION CONFIT

Steps:

• If you don't have demi-glace, take 2 cups good-quality stock and reduce to 1/2 cup.
• Place everything in crock pot and thoroughly combine.
• Turn to high, until just before going to bed (about eight hours).
• Stir.
• Turn to low for overnight.
• Upon waking, stir, and turn back to high until finished.
• Water content will vary from onion to onion, so if your confit is still quite watery towards the end, remove lid and allow excess water to cook off.
• This will keep for at least two weeks, covered, in the refrigerator.

CROCK POT APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Place apples in a large bowl.
• Combine sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt.
• Pour over apples and mix well.
• Place in crock pot, cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
• Decrease heat to low; cover and cook on low for 9-11 hours or until thickened and dark brown.
• Stir occasionally.
• Uncover and cook on low for 1 hour longer.
• If desired, whisk until smooth.
• Spoon into freezer containers, leaving 1/2-inch head space.
• Cover and freeze.

CROCK POT DUCK CONFIT

Steps:

• combine salt and sugar.
• put the legs in a plastic container, cover with salt/sugar mix, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• rinse the duck and soak in cold water to cover for 2 hours.
• drain duck and put into crock pot.
• cover with duck fat and use olive oil if needed to completely cover.
• add garlic, pepper, thyme.
• turn crock pot on to low setting, cook for 3 hours until meat falls off the bone.
• remove from crock pot, pour fat into a ceramic bowl.
• let the duck and fat cool to room temperature.
• store the duck in the fat in an airtight plastic container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.