Seasonal Recipes

With winter here it's traditional to have seasonal apple dishes to warm and delight you! Why not try our delicious Winter apple recipes.

Braised red cabbage  with Kentish apples dried cranberries and port wine

Preparation time 40 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients

Red cabbage 3mm slice - 300g
Red onion 3mm slice - 100g
Dried cranberries - 100g
Kentish apples - 200g
Raisins - 50g
Port wine - 200ml
Cinnamon bark - 5g
Redcurrant jelly - 70g
Black pepper - 1g
Salt - 2g

Method

• Cut the red cabbage into a 3mm slice then cut the onion into 3mm slice
• Sweat the onions until clear about 5 minutes then add the cabbage cook for 10 minutes
• Add the cinnamon and redcurrant jelly then add the sliced apples and port wine cook for 10 minutes
• Add the remaining ingredients and cook for 20 minutes or until the cabbage is soft
• There should be a small amount of liquid left in the pot
• Cool and use as required it should last a couple of weeks in a sterilised jar in the fridge
• Enjoy with some succulent roast pork!

 

Baked Kentish Apples with sultanas and toasted almonds served with vanilla cream

Preparation time 25 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients

Apples Coxes Pippen - 4
Sultanas - 40g
Apricots dried - 40g
Dark brown sugar - 40g
Cider - 60g
Almonds - 10g
Nutmeg ground - 2g
Ground cloves - 4g
Butter - 20g

Vanilla cream
Vanilla pods - 1
Double cream - 400ml
Caster sugar - 30g

Method

• Clean the apples and cut a small circle on the top then cut down and remove the core ensuring not to cut the base then rinse in cold water.
• Next brush the inside of the apple with the butter this will give a lovely rich depth of flavour to the apple.
• Then combine all the filling ingredients together until well mixed.
• Now fill the apple to the top then score the apple in lines and brush with butter. Sprinkle sliced almonds and caster sugar over the apple.
• Next cook them for around 20 minutes at fan oven 180c
• While this is cooking make the vanilla cream by combining the ingredients in a pan and gently heat up to a simmer then remove and cool.
• To serve place the baked apple in a bowl and drizzle the vanilla cream

Apple Fritters with cinnamon cream

Preparation time 25 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients

150g - Plain flour
170g - Cider or apple juice
50g - Muscavado sugar
1g - Cinnamon
300g - Discovery apples

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300g - Double cream
5g - Cinnamon
15g - Icing sugar

500ml      Sunflower oil

Method

1. Mix the flour and the sugar cinnamon then fold in the cider, whisk until it becomes a thick batter.
2. Now cut the apple into 10mm slices dip them into the batter.
3. Heat the oil in a pot on a medium heat then place the apples into the oil cook until golden remove the apple and place on a tea towel to drain then dust with icing sugar.
4. whisk the cream and icing sugar until it peaks then dollop on top of the apples and serve.

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