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Caramel apples: how to make them at home – Italian Cuisine

Caramel apples: how to make them at home


On the Halloween table they cannot miss. Here are the recipes to prepare at home the red and haunted fairy tales and the chocolate version

At the origin of any trick or treat of Halloween is she: la Snow White's caramelized apple. It looks just like a crunchy and juicy apple and, instead, she is haunted! We also make caramelized apples at home, both in their traditional version and in a tasty variant. You only have to choose the spell …

Classic caramelized apples

Wash thoroughly with water and bicarbonate 8 apples, better if you are a farmer or organic (so you can use them with all the peel, which is the layer on which pesticide residues and chemical treatments are most concentrated). Dry them with kitchen paper and remove the stalk. Place in every fruit a toothpick – of wood or aluminum, such as those on skewers for example – strong enough to support the weight of an apple.
Put on the fire a small saucepan with 200 ml of water and 900 gr of sugar. When the sugar has melted almost completely add 80 grams of honey and cook until the caramel has reached 100 ° (check the temperature with a kitchen thermometer). At this point, add some red food coloring liquid or gel, the seeds of a vanilla pod, cinnamon is cloves ground. Continue cooking until it reaches 150 °. At this point turn off the heat and be very careful dip one apple at a time in the caramel until they are completely covered with a thin layer of sugar. If you want you can decorate the apples with grains of dried fruit, sugar sprinkles, chocolate chips, sugars or candies. Cool the caramelized apples on a grate or on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.

Caramel apples with chocolate

For a easier and greedy version of Snow White's caramelized apples you can simply melt dark chocolate in a bain-marie or in the microwave and dip the apples in the melted chocolate. Have fun then at cover them with sugars, "Sketches" of melted white chocolate, crumbled biscuits, chopped nuts …

Tricks and tricks of the trade

If the apples I'm cold, chocolate and caramel will stick better: keep the apples in the fridge while you prepare the cover.
Choose apples from medium size and not too sweet, like the Fuji or the Gala.

Our best desserts with apples – Italian Cuisine


The apple pie is perhaps the first one we cooked. And this is because they explained to us right away that this fruit would have the ability to correct the small imperfections of cooking and leavening, giving our preparation an unexpected goodness. And indeed it is really so, apple desserts are always good and everyone likes them.

But it would be a pity to stop at the basic recipes: the consistency and delicacy of this fruit, allow us to play in the kitchen and create surprising and reassuring desserts at the same time.
Varying in preparations, it will then push us to consume them more often, benefiting from the numerous properties some apples.

A full of fiber

Eating an apple allows us to take on 4 grams of fiber, about one sixth of the recommended dose daily basis. And it is thanks to this good presence of fiber that apples, despite being rich in sugars, have a low glycemic index. Recommended in all diets, they are an excellent snack or snack. So while preparing one of your apple desserts, eat one that you have cleaned and cut into wedges. You will also benefit from its good vitamin content.

Double apple tart
Double apple tart.

Vitamins in apples

They respond to the appeal of the vitamins present in apples la TO, there B1, B2, B3 and the C. But the fruit is also rich in mineral salts including mainly potassium and sodium, iron, calcium and magnesium in smaller quantities.

A light and natural dessert

In addition to apple desserts, with this fruit we can prepare a simple, healthy and appetizing after-dinner. Try to prepare it by depriving the apples of the core with a digger, washing them and putting them in the oven at 200 ° C for about 30 minutes. But before doing so, place them on a baking sheet that you have covered with baking paper and moisten them with a bath of water, lemon and cane sugar. The sweet tooth, once baked, they love to sprinkle it with powdered sugar but … it is very good even so!

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Tarte Tatin, not just apples: all-fruit recipes – Italian Cuisine

Tarte Tatin, not just apples: all-fruit recipes


The Tarte Tatin of … many fruits. Why only apples?

Peaches, pears, berries and "all fruits": there is no limit to the imagination in the kitchen, even when it comes to desserts like the Tarte Tatin, traditionally packaged with apples. A true classic of French cuisine, born at the beginning of the twentieth century from the mistake of the restaurateur sisters Stephanie and Caroline Tatin who instead prepare an apple pie. But the international success that the recipe has had has inevitably brought the dessert to be the subject of reinterpretations and variants, tasty and easy to prepare.

Tarte Tatin At Peaches

Perfect in the period summer, this Tarte Tatin is packaged with peaches instead of apples. The advice is to choose nectarines or in any case not too mature. Wash and cut 6 peaches into wedges. In a small pot, you do candy 150 g of sugar with a tablespoon of water or lemon juice. Then prepare the pan, covering it with parchment paper and buttering slightly. Then pour the caramel into the mold and arrange the peach segments in a radial pattern. Spread the peaches on top pasta brisee and bake at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes. Let the cake cool and then turn the cake upside down.

Tarte Tatin with peaches and red fruits

If you have a sweet tooth with red fruits, get yourself more than 4 blackberries and raspberries (q.b.). Caramelize 180 g of brown sugar with 40 g of butter and a few drops of water, arranging the ingredients directly on the pan, to put in the oven for a few minutes. Arrange the fruit on the caramel: you can decide to mix it or to make a part of the pan with the peaches and the other half with the red fruits. Then sprinkle with two tablespoons of sugar and cover with the brisée pastry. Bake and cook for about 20 minutes, until the dough has got a nice golden color. As always, flip the cake once you have baked it.

Tarte Tatin with pears

That with pears is probably the most famous variant of Tarte Tatin: instead of apples, get 6 pears to wash and cut into wedges. Caramelise 200 g of sugar in a saucepan with a spoonful of water and 50 g of butter: pour the caramel into the cake mold and, before it solidifies, arrange the segments in a radial pattern. Roll the pastry brisée over the pastry board and then cover it with the pears to close the cake. Cut off the excess pasta and bake at 200 degrees for 40 minutes. After baking the cake, let it cool for a few minutes and then turn the mold upside down. To give an extra touch to this version of Tarte Tatin, try it grate some fresh ginger over the pears before covering them with pasta brisée.

Tarte Tatin pears and pineapple

If you love exotic tastes, add pineapple to the pears: caramelize 60 g of sugar with 60 g of butter and a pinch of salt. Spread the caramel on the bottom of the mold covered with parchment paper. At this point, place a whole slice of pineapple in the center, spread the pears of pear alternately with halved slices of pineapple. Cover with pasta brisée and bake at 180 ° for about 25 minutes.

Tarte Tatin "all fruits"

If you can't choose the right fruit for your Tarte Tatin, try the recipe "Tutti Frutti": Wash and cut into wedges or slices 2 apricots, a banana, 2 peaches, a pineapple. You do caramelize 100 g of sugar in a saucepan with 10 g of butter and a tablespoon of water, then pour the caramel on the bottom of the mold and place the fruit, having fun alternating colors. Cover with the brisée pastry and make small incisions with the fork; put in a ventilated oven at 180 ° for about 35 minutes. When the cake is cooked, remove from the oven and wait a couple of minutes before turning it over. Excellent to serve both hot and cold, perhaps accompanied by a scoop of ice cream.

The recipe for pasta brisée

In general, the procedure for making a Tarte Tatin involves the preparation of the pasta brisee, to be done at home with 200 g of flour, 100 g of butter, cold water and salt q.b. Flour and cold butter must be worked together to obtain a mixture with a floury consistency; then it is necessary to add a pinch of salt and pour cold water (about 70 ml) a little at a time, working the mixture quickly and with the fingertips to make it compact and solid. At this point, let the dough rest in the refrigerator, wrapping it in kitchen wrap. After about an hour you can remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll it out to complete the recipe.

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