Baked Apple With Cashew Raisin Cream Sauce Food

5-INGREDIENT CASHEW CREAM BLENDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the cashew butter, lemon juice, garlic, mustard, hot sauce and 1/3 cup warm water in a blender and blend on high until very smooth, scraping down the sides of the blender jar once or twice with a rubber spatula. The sauce should be the consistency of thick pancake batter. If it is too thick, add more water, a tablespoon at a time, and blend until the sauce is the consistency of thick pancake batter. (Depending on your brand of cashew butter, you may need to add up to 3 tablespoons of water.)
• Transfer to a bowl. Season with salt and more hot sauce if using. The sauce can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

BAKED APPLES WITH CASHEW CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash apples and remove cores without cutting through the bottoms of the apples. Slit the skin around the middle of each apple to prevent bursting while they bake.
• Place apples in baking dish. Stuff each apple with raisins, sprinkle with cinnamon and fill with apple juice. Pour remaining juice in the bottom of the baking dish. Bake in a preheated 400º oven for 30 minutes.
• TO PREPARE THE CASHEW CREAM: Grind nuts in a blender until pulverized. With the machine running, add the maple syrup, vanilla, and a tablespoon of water. Add more water a little at a time until you have the consistency you desire. Top baked apples with cream to serve.

BASMATI RICE WITH FRIED CASHEWS AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Toast 3/4 teaspoon crushed cumin seeds in 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan over medium heat, about 1 minute. Stir in 1 cup rinsed basmati rice and 1 cinnamon stick. Add 1 1/2 cups water and a big pinch of salt; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook until the liquid is absorbed, 15 minutes. Pan-fry 1/4 cup each raisins and salted cashews in vegetable oil, about 30 seconds. Sprinkle over the rice and fluff together; season with salt.

BAKED APPLES WITH RAISINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Using melon baller, scoop out stem, core and seeds of apples, leaving bottom intact. Using vegetable peeler, peel skin off top half of each apple. Arrange apples, cavity side up, in 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish.
• Stir raisins and sugar in small bowl to blend. Pack about 2 tablespoons raisin mixture into cavity of each apple. Sprinkle any remaining raisin mixture into dish around apples. Pour juice over and around apples. Dot apples with butter.
• Bake apples 15 minutes; baste with juices. Continue to bake until apples are slightly puffed and tender, basting every 10 minutes, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer baking dish to work surface; let apples stand 10 minutes, basting occasionally.
• Transfer apples to bowls. Spoon pan juices over and serve warm.