Thursday, September 13, 2012

Spiced-Poached Apples ~ French Fridays with Dorie


This week's French Fridays with Dorie challenge is for Spiced-Poached Apples (or Pears). I have to admit that I was less than enthusiastic about trying this recipe since John makes the most amazing Riesling Poached Pears quite often. I couldn't understand why a French recipe would call for fruit to be poached in water rather than wine, so we used 2008 Beringer Knight's Valley Alluvium Blanc in place of the water.   We also used apples instead of our typical pears. I can't say that we loved this recipe. It was easy enough to prepare on a weeknight, but I don't think we'll make it again.

Bon Appetit!
Braveheart ~ The wild jungle cat!
Posted by at 10:15 PM

21 comments:

  1. I love poached fruit and your cat is too cute!

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  2. Mmmmmm.... these looks perfect for fall and the upcoming apple season here in NY! Lovely!

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  3. Sorry these didn't wow you....I love the idea of poaching pears in wine....mmmmmm. I had trouble figuring what variety of apples to use, so I switched to pears. Aw...love Mr. Braveheart!

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  4. Wine is the perfect choice, I agree with you! But then, I love cooking and baking with wine so much it´s ridiculous. I really liked this recipe, since I think it can be used in many other desserts, but found it worked much better with the pears than the apples. By the way, I like the spoons!

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  5. What this week's FFWD recipe made me know is that I like "cooked fruit" better than I thought. It's been a long time since I made it myself. I did like this week's compote and will thrown in some wine, brandy, alcohol next time around. I will search for John's recipe also since that sounds delicious as well.

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  6. Enh, if you already have a favorite recipe for something, it's always hard for other recipes to live up to that one. No harm done. At least it's a cheap and quick recipe, so you didn't lose too much $ or time on it. On to the next!

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  7. I think I just poached mine straight in the syrup (that I had added brandy to). I love wine poached fruit, so I can see where this one wouldn't stand up.

    I like Mr. Braveheart :-)

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  8. I should have poured my drink in the syrup it might have come out better!

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  9. Love the photo of your cat - so fierce!

    It's hard when you're comparing a new recipe to a favourite one, especially when the recipe leaves out an element that really works for you. Your presentation is beautiful (I went a homier route this week).

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  10. Your pears look wonderful. Sorry they were not one of your favorites. Great idea poaching the fruit in wine - must give it a try. I hope you have a nice weekend:)

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  11. I found that I really enjoyed the simplicity of this one. I too have poached pears for ever in white wine, red wine, port, cognac, whatever but never made them without booze. They weren't bad and I found, for the first time, that I was craving them for breakfast with yogurt. Never did that with brandy pears or pears armagnac. Just from my reading through the posts it seems like people who did pears enjoyed this one more. Hmm... I hope you saved the poaching liquid for making martinis? Nothing here went to waste for me!

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  13. When you have a recipe you already love I say stick with it! Love the cat!!!

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  14. Susan, I will be trying your poached pears in Riesling…they sound wonderful! I enjoyed this recipe, but thought it a bit sweet…I actually added about a cup of white wine. Sorry this wasn’t a hit for you…but when you make a version that is over the top it’s hard to accept a lesser version. Have a great weekend!

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  15. Susan, John's poached pears in Riesling sound wonderful;-) Poached pears in water doesn't sound very good, does it?
    Hope you're enjoying your weekend;-)

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  16. even though I used our backyard apples, I have to say that I think I like the texture of pears better, as a poached fruit. it's always good to try something new though.

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  17. I must try the wine next time- yum for sure. What a beautiful cat you have!

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  18. That cat is amazing. I have a pug and westie and think your Mr. Braveheart would school them pretty well if their paths ever crossed ! Your pears also look lovely. I am now very curious about Riesling pears since i enjoy that wine - I will explore it for sure. Thx for sharing~

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  19. It never occurred to me to use wine, but that sounds brilliant. My apples fell apart completely, so I'm going to have to retry this with pears. Sorry that you didn't like the one so much, though. Have a great week!

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  20. Even if they weren't your fave, at least they looked very pretty in that little dish. Your cat looks like he's about to pounce on something delicious - super cute!

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  21. mmmm it looks sooo delicious! Uou made me feel hungry!

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