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Sweet New Year Always Welcomes More Sweet Apple Recipes
I could try and convince you to make something exotic for Rosh
Hashanah. I could suggest that other fruits, aside from apples,
might be nice for a change or combine apples with spelt, or Turkish
delight. But the truth of the matter is, by the time the Jewish
New Year rolls around, all most of my baking friends want is tradition,
with some fresher choices, and tons of apple recipes that are
might be varied but not outlandish. In other words – this
is not the time for big change. It is already a new year –change
enough!
It is also back to school, post Labor day and times are hectic.
Planning a Rosh Hashanah table is challenging (and joyful) enough
without being too experimental. On that note, and without much
further ado, I present some old-fashioned but somewhat contemporized
apple recipes. These are recipes that are pleasing to most guests,
are not complicated, and feature the Jewish New Year beloved,
star ingredient (aside from honey!), apples……
Shanah Tova, and do get a good peeler!
Honey
Apple Cake
Spice and ginger ale, plus marmalade makes a great, moist
honey cake. A garnish of apples echoes the honey and apples theme
in a visual way.
Apple
Cinnamon and Vanilla Crostata
A rich pastry crust lines a cheesecake pan which is then filled
with mounds of apple slices, kissed with pure vanilla and fresh
lemon juice. Strips of pastry, cut in odd shapes with a serrated
pastry wheel create the unusual top crust. Any way you patch together
the pastry over the fruit will yield a beautiful finished crostata.
The cheesecake pan helps whip the crostata, otherwise a free-form
pastry, into shape for fine dining.
Yeasted
Apple Rugulah
These are very New York bakery styled. They are tiny puffs,
of Danish like dough that encases apple pie filling, raisins and
cinnamon.
