Apple Cider Sabayon Recipes

APPLE CHARLOTTE WITH CINNAMON SABAYON

Steps:

• Begin by making the filling. Set a large saute pan or roasting pan over medium heat and add butter. Peel and cut cheeks off apples then cut into 1/2-inch chunks. Once butter has melted and just starting to foam, add apples, scraped vanilla bean and pod, lemon juice, and brown sugar and cinnamon. Toss to coat well and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until apples are just tender and liquid has evaporated. The sauce will caramelize slightly and should be a nice, rich dark color.
• In a shallow dish, make the batter by combining eggs, milk, sugar, and cinnamon. Stir with a whisk until fully combined.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and generously butter and sugar 4 (1-cup) ramekins.
• Invert a ramekin, or use a round cutter, on half of the bread slices to use as a guide to cut out circles. These will be the bases and top of the charlottes - you should have 8 in total. Cut the other slices of bread in half lengthwise.
• Working with the circles. lightly coat in the batter and place in the bottom of each ramekin. Lightly dip the other rectangles of bread in batter as well, then use them to line the walls of each ramekin - standing them upright around the perimeter leaving an overhang that you will later use to fold over and seal the charlotte. It should take about 6 strips per ramekin. Fill each mold with apples and some of the caramel from the pan. Fold over the edges to seal it up completely and sprinkle the tops with a little sugar.
• Bake in the center of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes. If the tops brown too quickly, cover loosely with foil. When done, the bread will have puffed up slightly, the edges will be brown and the sugar on top will have caramelized. Allow to cool slightly, then run a knife around the edges and invert onto individual plates. Serve with cinnamon sabayon.
• To make sabayon, combine ingredients in a large mixing bowl and set over a pot of boiling water on low heat, i.e. a double boiler. Whisk (you can use an electric whisk to make it easier) until the mixture becomes light and fluffy and the volume almost doubles.

APPLE CIDER SABAYON

Steps:

• Over a water bath whisk the yolks, sugar and cider until thickened and ribbons form. Whisk the cream and the vanilla separately until soft peaks form. When the yolks cool fold in the cream.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH APPLE CIDER SABAYON

Steps:

• Cake: Melt chocolate over a water bath. Dissolve the sugar in one cup of water. Add vanilla and bring to a simmer. Bring off the heat and let cool slightly. Add syrup to chocolate whisking to combine. Continue whisking and add the eggs and egg yolks one at a time. Add the salt. Add butter a little at a time. Bake at 350 in a water bath for 30-40 minutes, or until the surface starts to crack (subtle cracks only!). Let cool at room temperature and then chill in the fridge until set. Tips: the water bath should be about half way up the container you bake the cake in. I would bake the cake in something long and narrow. If you have a terrine that would be great. I don't so I used the smallest loaf pan I could. The cake comes out as a compact and heavy loaf sized cake (it doesn't actually rise at all). Then you can cut it into narrow/thin slabs to serve. It's very intense so really small portions is appropriate. Sabayon: Over a water bath whisk the yolks, sugar and cider until thickened and ribbons form. Whisk the cream and the vanilla separately until soft peaks form. When the yolks cool fold in the cream. Serving ideas: I served it with a Sabayon and garnished with a couple of cape gooseberries. You could also serve with a dollop of creme fraiche or even a fruit coulis. Yummy!

HOMEMADE APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Place apples in a large stockpot and add enough water cover by at least 2 inches. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, and allspice. Bring to a boil. Boil, uncovered, for 1 hour. Cover pot, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 hours.
• Strain apple mixture though a fine mesh sieve. Discard solids. Drain cider again though a cheesecloth lined sieve. Refrigerate until cold.

OVEN-ROASTED APPLES WITH CIDER SABAYON

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 250 degrees. Place the cut apples, 1 tablespoon sugar, maple syrup, orange zest, lemon zest, lemon juice, bay leaves, vanilla bean, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, and star anise in a medium mixing bowl. Toss the mixture well to combine.
• Melt the remaining 1/3 cup sugar in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat until the sugar has caramelized, about 4 minutes. If the sugar starts to brown unevenly, stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. Add the butter, and cook until melted.
• Reduce the heat to medium. Carefully place the apple halves, cut side down, into the skillet, and pour the rest of the ingredients from the mixing bowl over the apples. Cook for 4 to 6 minutes, until the apples begin to caramelize and the sauce starts to thicken slightly. Transfer the skillet to the oven, and bake for about 40 minutes. Remove the skillet from the oven and, using a spatula or tongs, carefully turn the apples over. Bake 20 minutes more, until the apples are very tender. Serve immediately with the Apple-Cider Sabayon.