Thursday, July 11, 2013

Deconstructed Apple Pie...Red Wine Poached Apple




What do you do with apples laying around?  Poach it of course!  I have been staring at these two apples on my counter for a little while now and it was probably about time to either eat it or toss it.  Luckily I had some red wine at home that I used as the poaching liquid.

I poured some red wine, water and sugar in a pot and started adding some cinnamon sticks and cloves into it and brought it to a boil.  As the water boiled, I peeled the apples and dropped it into the water.  I was going to only serve it with some yogurt that I had added some vanilla and honey to.  

As my apartment starting to fill up with the great aroma of the apples, I started craving apple pie.  Then the idea of a deconstructed apple pie came to mind.  This just gave me a reason to have some fun with my presentation especially that I had just bought some edible flowers to play with.  While the apple poached, I made a quick crumble.

After about 20ish minutes, I pulled the apples and turned up the heat to let the poaching liquid reduce to a syrup.  

For the presentation, I scooped on some of the yogurt onto the plate and did a swoop  with my spoon.  This formed a perfect little ditch that I filled in with the crumble and topped that off with some chopped walnuts.  I tore up some mint leaves and sprinkled it on top of the syrup.  This next part was the most exciting part...the edible flowers!



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