daamusic.blogg.se - Apples by Frank Browning

Eating by hand? Search out locally grown and in-season apples and try different ones until you find what you like best.

Some home cooks, including me, like a soft apple pie filling but many bakers prefer a fruit pie with some body, and so for them better choices are Granny Smith, Jonathan, Winesap, or Golden Delicious, all of which hold their shape when cooked.

On the other hand, a McIntosh and those like it ( Macoun, Cortland, Empire, others) are sweet and crisp when eaten raw but bake it in a pie and it becomes soft and saucy.

But it's a best choice for baking as the oven transforms this big apple into a juicy, soft, and flavorful treat.

For example, a Rome apple's flavor is not particularly complex or interesting and its texture is grainy. Tart or sweet, to cook apart or stay in slices - you choose an apple based upon how it will be eaten. Apples vary in two key ways - how they taste and how they cook.Local varieties will vary depending on where you live but among the most popular are McIntosh, Gala, Braeburn, Rome, Cortland, Delicious, Gravenstein, Northern Spy, and the ubiquitous and reliable Granny Smith. While apples grown year-round, they are in peak season in the fall and early winter.Apple cider vinegar can add zing to cole slaw, a sip of apple Calvados can finish a hearty meal, and a smear of creamy blue cheese like a Fourme d'Ambert on a slice of just-cut Braeburn could be breakfast, lunch, or a dinner dessert.

For many children it's the first fruit they'll eat and yet a childhood applesauce can be made to please the most sophisticated palate (see our recipe for Applesauce for Grownups). It's the taste of our favorite pies, tarts and galettes and it surfaces in cuisines around the world, from Scandinavia to Sicily to Schenectady. The flavor works when paired with something savory, as when baked alongside a pork roast or duck breast. For those of us who live in a northern climate, especially a place like New York with its orchard-filled fruit farms, apples and autumn are a happy pairing.Īnd what's not to love? Apples are crisp yet juicy and have a sweet-tart flavor that satisfies when eaten raw or when cooked. One of the first signs of fall is the arrival of apples at our farmers markets.