The apple is the most versatile of fruits. Eat it raw, make a dessert or juice it, it will never fail you. This week we bring you classic apple recipes
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Apple Crumble
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Ingredients
3 regular or 4 small apples
1 teacup fresh coconut, grated
1 teacup wheat flour, 1 teacup sugar
37 gm unsalted butter
¼ tsp cinnamon to sprinkle
¼ tsp cinnamon for the crumble mixture
1 8-inch round baking dish
Method
Preheat the oven to 2200C and grease the baking dish with 2 gm of butter. Peel the apples and cut them into thin slices. Divide the sliced apples into 2 equal halves. Arrange one half into a layer covering the bottom of the dish. Take 1/8th tsp of the cinnamon powder and sprinkle over the apples. Take the second half of sliced apples and arrange as a second layer. Sprinkle the remaining 1/8th of cinnamon powder and sprinkle over the second layer. Combine the sugar, wheat flour, grated coconut and ¼ tsp cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Add butter a little at a time and mix with your hands till the mixture has the consistency of bread crumbs. Spread the mixture evenly over the layered apples and flatten lightly. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes or till the crumble is pinkish golden. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.
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Apple fizz
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Ingredients
60 ml apple juice
30 ml ginger ale
10 ml maple syrup
5 ml fresh lime juice
10 ml grenadine syrup
Method
In an ice filled pilsner glass pour grenadine syrup, apple juice and ginger ale. Then add maple syrup and top with lime juice.
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Apple salad
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Ingredients
1 large apple
1 medium red bell pepper
1 medium yellow bell pepper
½ onion, finely chopped (optional)
Dill leaves
Dressing
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp white wine vinegar
2 garlic pods (burn with olive oil)
Sea salt according to taste
Sugar according to taste
Method
Chop the bell peppers, slice the apple and sprinkle with onions, cover it with plain foil and let it chill in the fridge for a while. Meanwhile, burn garlic pods in two drops of olive oil and crush it. Mix white wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and sugar with the garlic and set aside. Just before serving, mix the bell peppers, onions and apples with the dressing and add the chopped dill leaves.
