16 SIDELINES NOVEMBER 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Apple Cheddar Biscuits
Ingredients: two Pink Lady or Honeycrisp apples, one tablespoon of butter, 1/2 cup
of whole milk, one tablespoon of vinegar, two cups flour, one tablespoon of baking
powder, one and a 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) of butter - cold, one teaspoon salt,
one egg, one egg yolk, 1/2 cup of cheddar, one egg blended with one tablespoon of
water, sea salt
Wash and dry apples. Peel, core and slice apples. Place them into a small saucepan
with butter. Cook for about 10 to 12 minutes or until apples are browned. Allow to cool
completely.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set
aside.
Combine milk and vinegar and set aside. In food processor, combine flour, baking
powder, butter and salt. Pulse until you get pea sized chunks of butter. Add in your
egg, egg yolk and milk mixture. Blend until dough just comes together.
On a floured surface, roll out dough to about an inch thick. Sprinkle cheddar and
apple pieces onto dough. Fold over, and roll out again to an inch thick. Continue this
process four to six times.* Cut your dough into 12 squares, or cut with a cookie cutter.
Place squares onto parchment paper. Brush with an egg wash and top with sea
salt.
Bake for 20 minutes or until tops are browned. Serve warm with apple butter.
*If not baking immediately, then wrap your dough in plastic wrap tightly and
refrigerate till ready to bake. Remove from the refrigerator, top with egg wash and
continue as normal.
Red Wine Caramel Apples
Ingredients: Eight small Granny Smith or McIntosh apples, two cups Cabernet
Sauvignon or Zinfandel, two cups sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 cup water, 1/2
cup heavy cream, one vanilla bean, stemmed (optional)
Thoroughly clean your apples with cider vinegar to remove wax. Rinse and dry.
Set aside.
Boil wine in a small saucepan over medium heat until reduced to a 1/2 cup, about
twenty minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Bring sugar, salt, water and cream to a boil in a 2 ½ to 3 quart heavy saucepan
over medium heat, stirring until sugar and salt have dissolved, then wash down any
sugar crystals from the side of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Boil
without stirring until temperature reaches 235°F.
Add reduced wine (mixture will bubble up and steam) and stir until incorporated.
Simmer until candy thermometer registers 250°F. Remove from heat and cool to
200°F. Add vanilla bean scrapings.
Insert a wooden stick halfway into each apple at stem end. Line a tray with wax
paper and lightly grease paper.
Holding apples by the sticks, dip them in caramel and swirl to coat, letting excess drip off, then hold apples up (stick end down)
for about 15 seconds to allow more caramel to set on apples. Put caramel apples stick side up on greased wax paper and let stand
until caramel firms up, about 30 minutes.
By Kat Wojtylak
Picture this – you’re invited to a celebration held at the barn to
show off accomplishments from the past year. It’s the chance to
see everyone out of their barn clothes before the holidays set in. In
your mind, you start to picture refreshments all around and some
light music in the background, but you have no clue what to bring.
Panic sets in as you think about the food you need to prepare for
the event that is happening in only a few hours. ‘Tis the season
all right ... for absolute mayhem. You have a need to impress,
whether you want to admit that or not, and on top of it, you’re
time crunched! (Which you vowed in your New Year’s resolutions
to get better at). So, now what??? That’s when you turn to the
pages of
Sidelines
Magazine and remember their new Good Food
Hunting column and online blog with all sorts of great recipe ideas.
(The Good Food Hunting column can be found on the What’s
Happenin’ blog on the Sidelines website at
com
.) In honor of the autumn season, we are featuring Red Wine
Caramel Apples and Apple Cheddar Biscuits – easy, homemade
and perfect for a fall gathering. These are recipes and ideas for
people just like you! And, just like that, the crisis is over … until
you remember your indecision on what to wear!
About the writer: Kat Wojtylak is a horse enthusiast turned food blogger. She
maintains a day job in the horse world handling marketing and brand support to
various companies, while enjoying her evenings and weekends writing recipes and
blogging all about her culinary experiences. Visit her blog at EatYourTarteOut.com
or email her at
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A Taste of Fall
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Good Food Hunting
Red Wine Caramel Apples are an equestrian-
meets-foodie’s dream. Elegance with
playfulness for the autumn season!
Apple Cheddar Biscuits are perfect for a
ladies’ luncheon, brunch with the barn or
great for breakfast on a chilly morning.
