Posts Tagged ‘dessert’

Fika

Posted on November 18th, 2011 by Tonia 4 Comments

…The Swedish word for time spent drinking coffee with something sweet.

Don’t mind if I do.

Flognarde, also known as clafoutis, is a traditional French dessert made of sweet batter poured over a layer of apple or pear chunks and baked in the oven. You can eat this dish as a hot pudding or a cold dessert.

Ingredients {serves 6}:
3 apples
3 large eggs
1 ½ cups {350 ml} milk
½ cup {90 g} sugar
½ cup + 1 tbsp {70 g} flour
2 tbsp vegetable oil {or any neutral oil}

Preheat the oven to 400ºF {200ºC}. Peel and core the apples then cut into chunks.

Grease the tart tin with butter and sprinkle some flour. Place it on a baking sheet. Spread the apple chunks evenly in the tart tin.

Gently heat the milk until warm. In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs until blended and foamy. Add the sugar, flour, oil and whisk until smooth. Gradually whisk in the warm milk.

Using a ladle, carefully pour the liquid batter over the apple chunks in the tin, filling up to the rim.

Bake for 30 – 45 minutes until the flognarde is puffed and golden.

Make time for “fika” with someone you love this weekend.

Apple Fritters

Posted on September 9th, 2011 by Tonia 3 Comments

Apple Fritters
From ad hoc at home, serves 6 {if you decide to share…}

Ingredients:
1 cup AP flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 large egg
1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon whole milk
3 large Fuji, Gala or Golden Delicious apples {or whatever apples you have growing in your yard, as long as they’re sweet!}
Canola oil for deep-frying
Powdered sugar for dusting {optional}

1. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

2. Lightly beat the eggs and milk in another bowl and whisk the wet into the dry ingredients until combined. Batter can then be covered and refrigerated for up to 3 hours.

3. Peel the apples and slice the fruit from the core. Cut the apples into 2″ long x 0.25″ thick matchsticks. Fold the apples into the batter.

4. Heat 1.5″ of oil to 325 degrees F in a wide deep pot. Using 2 forks, lift up about 5 – 6 of the apple matchsticks from the batter, allowing the excess batter to drip back into the bowl {it’s okay to have irregular shaped fritters!} Add to the oil and fry for 5 minutes turning the fritters from time to time until crisp and golden brown.

5. Add more fritters one at a time being careful not to overcrowd the pot.

6. Remove the fritters from oil using a slotted spoon and transfer them to a cooling rack covered with paper towels over a baking sheet.

7. Serve the fritters immediately, dusting them with powdered sugar if desired. Vanilla ice cream or honey would also work well as accompaniments!

Enjoy! Have a great weekend, everyone!