No Halloween is complete without caramel apples, because with their help a traditional festive game is organized, during which this dainty is eaten with hands tied behind your back.
Far East - the place where caramel appearedapples The caramelization recipe was used there only to prolong the preservation of the fruit, and later on this dish became the favorite food of Europeans. A remarkable story is about how Louis XV, in response to the Minister of Finance’s claims that the French people lacked bread, said: “If they run out of bread, let them eat caramel apples!” Nowadays, apple dessert is beloved by most Americans and Europeans.
Caramel apples: recipe
This dish is quite possible to taste not only inrestaurants, but also at home. Caramel apples are easy to cook for yourself. For this delicacy, the most accurate, ripe, intact fruits are selected. Best suited unsweetened apples with a slight sourness, so that the dessert combined with caramel does not turn out to be sugary sweet.
Now let's talk about the batter that requirecaramel apples. The recipe is as follows. For 6 apples you need 150 grams. sugar, 8 tbsp. l water, and about 1.5 tsp. vanilla. Sugar with water should be mixed in a saucepan and, stirring, bring to a boil over low heat. Caramel is considered cooked when the mixture has reached golden brown. At the end of the cooking process, add vanilla to the pan and mix. An alternative version of the batter is the melting of the toffee (about 300 grams) in a water bath with the addition of 1.5 UF. l water.
Now turn to caramelization.Each apple, holding it by the wand, must be dipped in caramel, followed by - in ice water, and then again in the batter. When using toffee to make caramel, immersing the fruit in water is not required. Now it remains only to allow the batter to dry, shifting the fruit on parchment paper. When it hardens, you can taste a delicacy. Apples in caramel ready!
Cooking tips
There are many ways to diversifytaste, which is famous for caramel apples. The recipe is easy to come up with and yourself, tailoring it to fit your preferences. If you turn on the imagination, you can invent a completely new way of cooking caramel apples. So, you can add chopped nuts, popcorn, coconut chips, confectionery powder to the dish. To do this, sprinkle with selected ingredients lowered apples in the batter before it hardens. You can use melted chocolate instead of caramel (or in addition to it). Another creative solution is color additives, which need to be pre-mixed with caramel. Then the apples will delight the eye with its fun colors. Enjoy your meal!
