Spiced Apple Lasagna Food

SPICED APPLE

Steps:

• Stir together the ginger ale, apple cider and cranberry juice in a large pitcher. Pour over ice filled glasses and garnish each with a slice of orange. Pour 1 ounce of rum in each drink if desired.

SPICED APPLE LASAGNA

Steps:

• LASAGNA CUPS: Peel the apples, cut into quarters, remove the cores and slice as thin as you can. Crush or grind the spiced caramel brittle into a fine powder by crushing between wax paper with a saute pan. Grease the sides and bottom of the foil cups. Begin layering lasagna by placing two layers of apple slices in each cup. Sprinkle the ground brittle over the apple layers. Repeat the layering by placing apple slices and sprinkling the brittle on top until the cups are full. Finish each cup with a layer of apple. Place the lasagna cups on a baking sheet and bake in a 375 degree oven for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted without resistance. Remove the cups from the oven and sprinkle sugar over each one. Turn on the broiler and place the cups back into the oven to brown slightly under the broiler. Remove cups from oven and allow to cool slightly.
• SPICED CARAMEL BRITTLE: Place the sugar in a saucepan and heat over moderate heat until it melts and turns to a golden brown caramel. Keeping the pan over the heat, add the butter while stirring constantly and vigorously until it has melted into caramel. Caution: the sugar is extremely hot, do not splash it out of the pan. Add the spices and stir well. Remove from heat; pour immediately onto a greased sheet pan. Let the caramel cool and break into pieces.
• CARAMEL SAUCE: Combine sugar, water and lemon juice in a thick-bottom saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Cook the sugar until the caramel stage, it should be golden in color, then remove from the heat and cool for 5 minutes. In another saucepan bring cream to boil. Add about half of the cream to the caramel. Stir and continue adding the cream slowly. Return caramel to the heat and stir until dissolved in the cream. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Stir the milk into the cooled caramel to thin it.
• PINE NUT CRUMBLES: Mix all dry ingredients in the bowl and pour in the melted butter. Spread the mixture onto a sheet pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes Let cool, hold to top the dessert.
• TO SERVE: Using a paring knife, loosen the edges of each lasagna so that it will come out of the aluminum cup. Place each lasagna mold, sugar side down on the center of a plate. Drizzle each dessert with caramel sauce and sprinkle with pine nut crumbles. Garnish each plate with sauce and crumbles, serve.

SAUCY SKILLET LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Transfer to a large bowl; stir in tomatoes. In a small bowl, combine eggs and ricotta cheese., Return 1 cup meat mixture to the skillet; spread evenly. Layer with 1 cup ricotta mixture, 1-1/2 cups marinara sauce and half of the noodles, breaking noodles to fit as necessary. Repeat layers. Top with remaining marinara sauce., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 15-17 minutes or until noodles are tender. Remove from heat. If desired, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Let stand 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.

APPLE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Combine Cheddar cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, white sugar, and almond extract in a medium bowl.
• Blend well.
• Spread one can apple pie filling over the bottom of a greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Layer with half of the noodles, and then the cheese mixture.
• Layer again with remaining noodles, and the second can of pie filling.
• Combine flour, 6 tablespoons brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
• Cut in butter until crumbly, DO NOT OVERWORK.
• Sprinkle over top.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
• Cool for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare garnish by blending sour cream and 1/3 cup brown sugar in small bowl until smooth.
• Cover, and refrigerate.
• Serve warm apple lasagna with sour cream garnish.

APPLE LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the egg, cheeses, sugar and extract; set aside. Spread one can of pie filling into a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with three lasagna noodles and cheese mixture. Layer with remaining noodles and pie filling. , In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until bubbly and heated through. Let stand for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients. Serve with lasagna.

SPICED WHISKEY APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• 1. Peel, core, and cut your apples into chunks.
• 2. In a separate bowl, mix together everything but the apples and the whiskey.
• 3. In a small saucepan, bring the whiskey up to a boil over medium heat. Continue to boil while stirring until its volume is reduced by almost half.
• 4. In your slow cooker, layer the apple chunks with the spices (like a spicy apple lasagna).
• 5. After the last layer of apples, pour in the reduced whiskey.
• 6. Sprinkle the remaining sugar and spice mixture over the apples.
• 7. Cover and cook on low for 10 hours.
• 8. Once done, transfer all the apples to your blender. The amount of leftover juice that you transfer with the apples will depend on how thick or thin you would like the apple butter to be.
• 9. Once the apple butter is blended thoroughly, you can store or can it.
• 10. Make sure you follow your canner's safety instructions if canning.

APPLE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add lasagna noodles, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain, and rinse noodles, and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the Cheddar cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, white sugar, and almond extract. Spread one can of apple pie filling in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer half of the noodles to cover the filling. Spread the cheese mixture over the noodles. Top with the remaining noodles, and spread the remaining can of apple pie filling over the top of those.
• In a small bowl, stir together the flour, 6 tablespoons brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix in margarine until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the top of the pie filling.
• Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for 15 minutes. While the lasagna cools, stir together the sour cream and 1/3 cup brown sugar. To serve, cut into squares and top with sour cream as a garnish.

APPLE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook lasagna according to package directions; drain.
• Spread one (1) can apple pie filling in a greased 9x13x2-inch pan, slicing any extra-thick apples.
• Layer 4 pices lasagna over apples.
• In a bowl, mix together cheese filling ingredients.
• Spread evenly over lasagna.
• Top with remaining four pieces of lasagna.
• Spoon remaining can of apple pie filling over lasagna.
• In a small bowl, crumble together topping ingredients.
• Sprinkle over apple filling.
• Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Let stand 15 minutes.
• Cut into serving pieces.
• Serve with sour cream.