 So here's the broken-down tale of what I did for the apple challenge: I made a take on Zwilling Apfelmus (a Swiss German dish).  It's supposed to be two mousses swirled together: a mousse made with applesauce and whipped cream, swirled with a mousse made with apple butter and whipped cream.  I decided to make my own apple sauce and apple butter. My large, flat bottomed pan cooked the apples down quickly.  I made the applesauce and refrigerated half of it.  But I realized it was too watery for a mousse, so I cooked the other half down halfway between sauce and butter and decided I would make only one mousse.  The sauce/butter hybrid had a great taste and texture.  Then I realized I had half and half, not heavy whipping cream.  Not wanting to go to the store because I was sick, I mixed the sauce/butter with a mousse whipped out of 1/3 c chevre, 1/2 c half and half, 2 TBSP calvados (apple liqueur), and 2 tsp sugar.  The end result: okay, but I should have left the chevre out because it fought with the spices and calvados.  But my house smelled delicious.  By the way, I took pictures of the finished mousse, but it looks like baby food.  Anyway, I tried.  Not my best effort ever.
So here's the broken-down tale of what I did for the apple challenge: I made a take on Zwilling Apfelmus (a Swiss German dish).  It's supposed to be two mousses swirled together: a mousse made with applesauce and whipped cream, swirled with a mousse made with apple butter and whipped cream.  I decided to make my own apple sauce and apple butter. My large, flat bottomed pan cooked the apples down quickly.  I made the applesauce and refrigerated half of it.  But I realized it was too watery for a mousse, so I cooked the other half down halfway between sauce and butter and decided I would make only one mousse.  The sauce/butter hybrid had a great taste and texture.  Then I realized I had half and half, not heavy whipping cream.  Not wanting to go to the store because I was sick, I mixed the sauce/butter with a mousse whipped out of 1/3 c chevre, 1/2 c half and half, 2 TBSP calvados (apple liqueur), and 2 tsp sugar.  The end result: okay, but I should have left the chevre out because it fought with the spices and calvados.  But my house smelled delicious.  By the way, I took pictures of the finished mousse, but it looks like baby food.  Anyway, I tried.  Not my best effort ever.The applesauce and other half of the apple sauce/butter are in my refrigerator waiting to be made into something fabulous. When I am feeling better.
Shannon
 

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