local apples – Amy Cotler

Warm Apple Galette with Garum Masala

November 4, 2009 Comments Off

Tonight, our cozy little family reunion — my visiting mom and daughter, along with my husband and I — split this perfect apple galette, right out of the oven. Seasoned local apples were casually gathered in a crisp crust, then glazed with jam. The kicker was garum masala, a warming Indian spice mix that varies […]

Applesauce to clean by…

September 13, 2009 Comments Off

I hate to clean, don’t you? Smell, and so naturally taste is my most alert sense. So, I find it helps to clean to the simmering of something fragrant. This year our apple tree, bought when we escaped Manhattan, finally yielded a great crop. They’re funky, of course, because of the rain and lack of […]

Tangy apples and corn pudding

September 11, 2009 Comments Off

So the apple season has arrived — crisp and tart, mouth puckering. I try to resist the early apples, because they don’t have that biting fall flavor, but rather Paula Reds do the trick. If anyone is out there yet, let me know what varieties do it for you…. Tomorrow I’m going to a friend’s […]