Cherry Cola Braised Apples Food

CHERRY COLA BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a small bowl, combine raisins, walnuts, sugar, and 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon. Place apples in baking dish. Fill the center with the fruit/nut mixture.
• Pour the soda over the apples. Dot each apple with 1/2 teaspoons butter. Sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon.
• Bake until apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Serve with sauce from the baking dish.

CHERRY COLA GLAZED RIBS

Steps:

• For the brine: Combine water, beer, brown sugar, salt, and lemon juice in large mixing bowl. Stir until salt and sugar dissolve. Pour mixture into plastic bag. Add ribs and seal bag, removing as much air as possible. Refrigerate overnight, turning occasionally.
• For the rub: Combine brown sugar, savory, garlic, paprika and cloves in a small mixing bowl and blend. Remove ribs from refrigerator and from brine. Pat dry with a paper towel. Brush the ribs with mustard to coat evenly. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over ribs and let stand at room temperature.
• For the glaze: Pour cherry cola in cooking pot over medium-high heat. Cook until cola is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 45 minutes. Add jam, mustard, soy sauce, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce into the cooking pot and stir to combine. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until the mixture is reduced to 2 1/2 cups, stirring occasionally, about 35 minutes. Pour mixture into a bowl and take to grill for glazing.
• Preheat barbecue grill. If using charcoal grill, light briquettes in chimney. If using 3 burner gas grill, light 2 burners on opposite ends and leave middle burner off. If using 2 burner gas grill, light only 1 burner. Take a disposable pan and place it over the unlit burner. If using the charcoal grill place half on each side of the pan. The pan will be used to collect excess.
• Place ribs on rack over aluminum pan, meat side up. Cover grill and cook until ribs are tender and meat pulls away from bone by 1/4-inch, turning and rotating ribs every 1/2 hour. Before rotating brush the glaze generously on each side. Allow to cook for 1 1/2 hours. Remove from grill and serve.

CHERRY COKE SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside.
• In a saucepan or microwave, bring pineapple juice and water to a bowl. Add gelatin; stir until dissolved.
• Stir in pie filling and cola. Pour into serving bowl.
• Refrigerate until slightly thickened.
• Fold in reserved pineapple.
• Refrigerate until firm.

CHERRY COLA BRAISED APPLES

Steps:

• 1. Peel & Core each apple, with an apple corer
• 2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 13- by 9-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• 3. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, and butter, and mix until combined. Spoon the sugar mixture into the center of each apple
• 4. Place the apples in the sprayed baking dish. Pour the cola over the apples. Bake, uncovered, until the apples are tender, about 1 hour
• 5. Let cool 5 mins, and enjoy warm! Goes good with a scoop of French Vanilla Ice Cream! :)

BRAISED APPLES WITH SAFFRON AND CIDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add shallot, and cook, stirring often, until soft, about 4 minutes. Add apples, and turn to coat. Stir in saffron, stock, cider, sherry, and currants, and season with salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and cover. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until apples are tender, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer apples to a bowl. Raise heat to medium-high, and cook sauce until reduced by half, about 10 minutes more. Season with pepper. Pour sauce over apples. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BRAISED CELERY WITH APPLE

Steps:

• In a covered skillet over medium heat, saute onions and garlic in melted butter until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and heat almost to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until celery is soft. Stir occasionally.
• Uncover and heat to a fast boil. Stirring frequently, cook until remaining liquid is reduced to a thick syrup, about 5-10 minutes. Serve immediately.