Ginger Apple Vanilla Punch Food

APPLE CRISP WITH GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 10 by 8 inch baking pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix ginger root, lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar, and cinnamon. Add apple chunks and mix thoroughly. Make sure the zest and ginger root are distributed equally throughout the apples. Put into baking dish.
• In the same bowl that you used for the apple mixture, mix flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. Add the softened butter, and use two knives held together in your hand (or a pastry cutter or fork) to cut the butter into the dry ingredients. The mixture should hold together in large clumps.
• Using a large spoon or your hand, sprinkle the crisp topping over the apple mixture. Put into preheated oven and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until apples are soft and crisp is lightly browned on top. Cool slightly, and serve warm with ice cream, if desired.

APPLE ORCHARD PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large punch bowl, combine apple juice, cranberry juice concentrate and orange juice. Stir until dissolved, then slowly pour in the ginger ale.
• Thinly slice the apple vertically, forming whole apple slices. Float apple slices on top of punch.

PINEAPPLE & GINGER PUNCH

Steps:

• Pour the pineapple juice and lime juice into a blender. Add the mint and a couple of handfuls of ice, then blitz until the ice is crushed. Pour into tumblers filled with more ice, then top up with the ginger beer.
• Garnish each glass with mint and star anise.

VANILLA, APPLE & GINGER BISCUIT FOOL

Steps:

• Pour the cream into a bowl and whip to soft peaks using a whisk. Fold in the yogurt, apple sauce and crushed ginger biscuits, then spoon the mixture into serving glasses or bowls. Alternatively, layer the whipped cream, yogurt, apple sauce and crushed biscuits up separately in serving glasses or one large bowl.
• Chill in the fridge for up to a day before serving, or serve straightaway. Just before serving, sprinkle over some extra ginger biscuit crumbs, if you like.