Apple Jack Melt Food

PORK CHOPS WITH APPLE STUFFING AND APPLEJACK SAUCE - WILLIAMS SO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Tom make the stuffing, in a small frying pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Add the bread crumbs, dried apples, sage, 1/8 teaspoons sal, and a few grinds of pepper. Stir in the stock.
• Starting at the meaty end, cut a deep, wide pocket in each pork chop. Divide the stuffing among th epockets and secure each pocket closed with wooden toothpicks. Season on both sides with salt and pepper.
• In a 12-inch ovenproof skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add teh stuffed pork chops and cook until browned on teh first side, about 3 minutes. Turn carefully and cook until browned on the second side, about 3 minutes longer. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake until the chops show only the barest hint of pink at the bone, about 25 minutes. Transfer the chops to a platter and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Reserve the pan with its drippings.
• In a small frying pan, heat the applejack over low heat. When warm, move the pan away from the heat and carefully ignite the applejack with a long match. Let burn for 30 seconds. If it does not extinguish on its own, cover tightly. Set aside.
• Spoon off the fat from the pan used to cook the pork. Dissolve the cornstarch in 1 tablespoon water and add to the pan along with the applejack, stock, and cream. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often and scraping up the browned bits from the pan bottom. Cook until lightly thickened, about 1 minute. Remove the toothpicks from the pork chops. Transfer to individual plates and top each chop evenly with the sauce and a sprinkle of sage.

CARAMEL APPLE JACK O'LANTERNS

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Wash and dry apples thoroughly and remove stems. Insert a candy stick into the top of each apple and set aside.
• In a liquid measuring cup, combine heavy cream, vanilla extract, pumpkin spice and orange gel food coloring. Stir until color is evenly blended and set aside.
• Fill a large, heatproof bowl halfway with ice and water and set aside.
• Add sugar and corn syrup to a tall saucepan and stir with rubber spatula just to mix. Remove spatula and begin to melt sugar and corn syrup over medium heat. Once fully melted, add in heavy cream mixture and stir until incorporated.
• Clip candy thermometer to side of saucepan and slowly bring to a boil over medium heat, but do not stir during this process. Once caramel reaches 242-244°F, remove saucepan from heat and place directly in ice water for a couple seconds to halt cooking process. Remove from ice water and stir in butter until incorporated.
• Pour caramel into a tall, heatproof liquid measuring cup and immediately begin dipping apples until completely coated. Allow excess caramel to drip off for a few seconds, then transfer to parchment paper. Once all apples are dipped, chill them in refrigerator for at least 2 hours before decorating, or up to 2 days.
• Before serving, roll out a small amount of black fondant and carve jack o'lantern faces from it. Arrange faces directly on the caramel apples and twirl pieces of green sour candy belts around candy sticks and down the sides of the apples to resemble pumpkin vines.
• Prep tip: Make sure apples are at room temperature before dipping so that the caramel adheres well to the skin.
• Note: If caramel cools too quickly before all of the apples are dipped, reheat in the microwave for a few seconds until warm and pourable.

TERRY'S APPLEJACK

Steps:

• Heat the apple juice and apple cider together with the brown sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Add Everclear; sample to ensure it is not too strong for your tastes.
• I have trouble getting these ingredients so I use 3 liters of apple juice and boil it and the sugar with a few cinnamon sticks, some cloves, and a small chunk of ginger. When it starts to smell like cider, remove from heat, then mix 1/2 liter of Everclear. Pour the mixture into bottles, and chill. DELICIOUS!

APPLEJACK TODDY

Steps:

• Press the clove into the lemon slice.
• Place the Applejack, lemon juice, maple syrup and cinnamon stick in a heatproof mug.
• Top with 3/4 cup boiling water and stir. Float the lemon slice on top.

APPLE JACKS

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and the shortening. Beat in the egg. Sift together the dry ingredients and add, beating until well blended. Stir in the apples. Drop in the shape of balls on greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 12 - 15 minutes.

APPLEJACK-SPIKED HOT CIDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar and next 4 ingredients (through cinnamon sticks); cook 1 minute.
• Add cider and next 4 ingredients (through lemon rind); bring to a simmer.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in applejack.
• Strain; discard solids.