Curried Apples Celery Food

CURRIED APPLE AND CELERY SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Finely chop apple, onion and celery.
• 2. Heat oil in a saucepan on medium heat.
• 3. Add apple, celery, and onion and cook 3-4 minutes.
• 4. Add curry powder and flour, stir through apples and veges, and cook a further 2-3 minutes (careful not to burn the curry powder.
• 5. Add stock and simmer 10 minutes or until apples and veges are tender.
• 6. Remove from heat and blend until smooth (I use an immersion blender). Return to heat and bring to a simmer.
• 7. Serve with dollops of yoghurt.

CURRIED APPLES & CELERY

Steps:

• In covered Med. skillet in hot butter cook celery and onion 10 mins.or til tender crisp, stir occasionally.
• Add apple cook, covered 5 minutes.
• Gently stir in remaining ingredients.

CURRIED WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together the lemon juice, yogurt, mayonnaise, curry powder, cumin, and salt. Set aside.
• Cut the apple into 12 wedges. Cut away the core of each wedge and slice into thin crosswise slices. Toss in a large bowl with 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Add the remaining ingredients and toss together.
• Shortly before serving toss the salad with the dressing.

SLOW SMOKED CURRIED SALMON WITH CELERY ROOT PUREE AND APPLE AND CELERY ROOT SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the curry paste, soy sauce and juice of 3 limes in a small bowl. Add 3 ounces olive oil and whisk to combine.
• Sprinkle the salmon with salt and pepper, then pour the curry marinade over the top, coating the fish completely.
• Meanwhile, peel and dice half the celery root. Add to a pot and cover with the milk. Bring to a simmer and season with salt. Cook until tender, about 15 minutes, then drain, discarding the milk. Add the celery root to a blender along with the butter and puree until smooth. Pour back into the pot and keep warm.
• Julienne the other half of the celery root and add to a mixing bowl. Add the apples and the juice of the remaining 3 limes. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, then fold in the cilantro leaves. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
• Set up a smoker by adding the wood chips to the bottom of a stovetop smoker or 6-inch hotel pan. Place the perforated smoker insert or a 4-inch perforated hotel pan inside. Add the salmon to the perforated pan and cover tightly with foil. Place the pan on top of two stovetop burners and heat until the chips start smoking. Transfer the pan to the oven and cook until the salmon reaches an internal temperature of 135 to 140 degrees F, 30 to 40 minutes.
• To serve: Spoon the celery root puree onto a plate. Top with a piece of salmon, followed by the celery root salad on top. Repeat to make 3 more servings.

PUREE OF CELERIAC SOUP WITH GLAZED CELERIAC AND CURRIED APPLE

Steps:

• Make the Stock: Combine all the ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Strain the stock, return to the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce the stock to 2 1/2 cups. (The stock can be made up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated, covered.)
• Make the Soup: Combine all of the ingredients in a non-reactive pot, season with salt, to taste, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the celeriac is tender.
• Strain the soup, reserving the celeriac and liquid separately. Working in small batches, puree the celeriac with enough liquid to let the blender blades spin, and transfer to a bowl. Whisk enough liquid into the puree to reach a soup-like consistency. Strain the soup through a fine-mesh sieve. . (The soup can be made up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated, covered.)
• To make the Glazed Celeriac: Combine all the ingredients in a large skillet over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the water has evaporated and the celeriac is glazed. Set aside.
• To make the Curried Apple and Celery: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Combine the honey, butter, curry powder, and salt in a medium oven-proof skillet and cook, until fragrant and bubbling, stirring occasionally over medium heat. Add the apples and baste them with the curry mixture, using a kitchen spoon. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake, basting every 15 minutes, until the apples are tender and glazed, about 1 hour. Let the apples and cool. Core the apples and cut into slices about 1/16 inch thick. Set aside. (The apples can be made up a day in advance and refrigerated, covered.)
• Meanwhile, bring a small saucepan of salted water to a boil. Using a peeler, peel the celery, removing the strings. Thinly slice the celery on the diagonal, add to the water, and cook until crisp-tender, about 30 seconds. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the celery to a bowl of ice-water, to stop the cooking. Drain and set aside.
• When ready to serve, arrange the glazed celeriac, curried apple, and celery in the bottom of 8 soup plates. Meanwhile, bring the soup to a boil in a teapot. Place the soup plates in front of your eagerly awaiting guests, and dramatically pour the soup from the teapot into each plate.

CURRIED APPLES AND CELERY

Steps:

• Saute celery and onion in butter until crisp tender.
• Stir in apple.
• Cover and simmer 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle with flour, curry, salt and pepper.
• Cook and stir 2 minutes.

CURRIED SHRIMP AND APPLES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the onion and celery in butter for 2 minutes. Stir in apples; saute 1-2 minutes longer or until crisp-tender. , Sprinkle with flour and curry powder. Gradually whisk in water and bouillon until smooth. Add shrimp; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 2-3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and sauce is thickened. Serve with rice.

CURRIED APPLES

Steps:

• Place sliced apples in a lightly greased 11x7 inch baking dish; set aside.
• Melt butter in a saucepan; add in marmalade and remaining ingredients; stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Pour mixture over apples.
• Bake in a 400° oven for 35 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Serve with ham or pork.

CURRIED RICE WITH APPLES AND PEAS

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a saucepan. Add the rice, onion, garlic, apple, curry powder and salt.
• Cook briefly, stirring, but do not brown.
• Add the water and bay leaf.
• Bring to a boil, stirring. Cover tightly, and simmer for 17 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Add the peas and the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter. Fluff the rice with a fork.
• Discard the bay leaf and serve.