Apples Foster Aka Apple Pie Minus the Crust

Submitted by Chicagoland Chef du Jour

""There are few aromas more comforting than that of apple pie. This is as easy and old-school a dessert as bananas Foster and, thanks to a generous dousing with Calvados or Apple Jack, equally boozy." From the WSJ, January 25, 2013 *posting for safe keeping."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 59.14 ml butter
• 118.29 ml demerara sugar
• 1 star anise, substitute 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 large crisp apples, peeled and sliced, one per person
• 59.14 ml calvados or 59.14 ml apple jack
• 4 scoop vanilla ice cream or 4 scoop creme fraiche, for serving

directions

1. 1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter and cook until it foams. Once foaming subsides, stir in sugar and spice and cook 1 minute to allow flavors to meld.
2. 2. Lay apples into pan in a single layer and cook until fruit begins to caramelize, about 5 minutes.
3. 3. Pour Calvados into pan. Use a long match or candle lighter to ignite alcohol. Boil until flames subside, 1 minute. Remove from heat and serve with premium ice cream or crème fraîche. I recommend Recipe #144139.
4. *Demerara sugar is a type of unrefined sugar with a large grain and a pale to golden yellow color.