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Spiced Apples Recipe in a Fig Pastries
This easy recipe shows you how to make individual apple and fig pastries. These make a hearty and delicious dessert, especially when served with fresh cream or vanilla ice cream. You can try raisins, dried cherries or Craisins instead of the dried figs if you prefer.
Using refrigerator biscuits (you will need a package of ten uncooked biscuits) you can make the pastry really easily for these apple and fig pies. You can either scrunch the top so they look like moneybags of squeeze the pastries closed, and then flatten the top with a moist finger, for a flatter result.
Add sliced fresh figs and sesame seeds to the brushed egg yolk topping and you will get a great topping as well as a glossy yellow crust. These delicious little pastries taste every bit as good as they look and, if you are new to baking, you will find using a biscuit mix for the pastry a very easy way of doing things.
How to Make Apple Fig Pies
Ingredients -
7 ½ oz package of refrigerator biscuits
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 peeled, chopped tart apple
2 ½ tablespoons butter
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 egg yolk beaten with ¼ teaspoon water
1 teaspoon cinnamon
⅔ teaspoon sesame seeds
¼ cup diced fresh or dried figs plus 2 sliced fresh figs
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Spray 10 muffin cups with cooking spray.
Flatten each biscuit into a 4 inch round.
Stir the apples, diced figs, sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon together.
Put a tablespoon of this mixture on to each flattened biscuit.
Dot with a small piece of butter.
Bring up the sides of the biscuit to enclose the filling.
Pinch and flatten the top, then paint the egg yolk mixture on top.
Add the sesame seeds and fig slices.
Transfer the prepared pastries into the greased muffin cups.
Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve warm from the oven, or chilled if you prefer.
(Makes 10)
Wine Suggestion:
Wine Suggestion for Spiced Apples Recipe
High acidity, high sugar fruits like apples can make wines taste thin-bodied and metallic, so you need to take care and choose carefully when pairing these apple and fig pastries with a wine. A refreshing late harvest Riesling would suit this dish. Although California Rieslings can range from bone dry to very sweet, the late harvest ones are always the sweetest. Apricot, pear, lemon, and peach are some of the aromas you can expect from this wine. Monterey and Mendocino Counties are prime Riesling growing areas because this grape thrives in a cooler climate.
Photo Description:
These tempting little pastries feature a glossy yellow top, thanks to the egg yolk wash, as well as thinly sliced fig and sesame seeds. Inside the pastry crust is a rich apple and fig mixture which is spiced to perfection with cinnamon and nutmeg. Whether you serve these apple and fig pies warm from the oven, at room temperature or chilled, there is no denying their wonderful flavor. You can serve these with a scoop of good quality vanilla ice cream or with some whipped cream, as a tasty dessert, or you could even serve them with coffee or a glass of late harvest Riesling in the afternoon as a special treat.
How to Make a Canned Spiced Apples Recipe
You can make all kinds of spiced apples recipe dishes, such as spiced apple tarts and pies, spiced apple chutney and even spiced apple drinks, but what about something which will last longer? If you have a lot of apples to use up, you might wish to make canned spiced apples. You will need a boiling water canner and some pint or half-pint jars with lids. This recipe makes eight pints of canned spiced apples.
What You Need to Make It
You will need twelve pounds of apples for this recipe and they should be firm, tart, and smaller than two and a half inches in diameter. Wash them and peel and slice them one at a time, then cut them into half-inch sections crosswise and take out the core area. You can use a melon baller for this. Immerse them in ascorbic acid solution to stop them from turning brown.
Put twelve cups of white sugar, six cups of water, one and a quarter cups of 5% acidity vinegar, three quarters of a cup of red hot cinnamon candies and three tablespoons of whole cloves in a six quart pot. You can use eight cinnamon sticks instead of the cinnamon candies if you prefer, and you can also add a few drops of red food coloring but this is optional.
How to Cook It
Stir the mixture and bring it to a boil, then simmer for three minutes. Drain the apples and add them to the hot syrup. Cook them for five minutes, then fill some sterilize some wide mouth canning cars with the apple mixture, leaving half an inch of headspace. Fit the lids and process the jars in a boiling water canner for ten minutes if you are below 1000 feet altitude, fifteen minutes if you are between 1000 and 6000 feet altitude, or twenty minutes if you are over 6000 feet.
How to Serve a Canned Spiced Apples Recipe
Serve this spiced apples recipe as an accompaniment to any pork dish, or with a salad. You can also use the apple mixture to top melba toast, crackers, or other canapés. Why not try it with vanilla ice cream as a dessert? This is a very versatile apples recipe and one which the whole family is sure to enjoy. If you have a boiling water canner, you will find this very easy to make. You can also give jars of spiced apples to your friends, neighbors, and family during the holidays. Everyone will love the flavor.
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