Apple Slaw
A friend dropped off about 5 lbs of apples Thursday. She was expecting more from her CSA delivery that night, so I got the leftover bounty. What to do, what to do. So far I’ve made two batches of apple crisp to share. But I was looking for something that wasn’t sweet. Then I thought about apple slaw. Looked at several recipes and came up with this (basically taking the favorite ingredients from about 4 different recipes):
Apple and Raisin Slaw
- 3 cups chopped cabbage (I prefer green)
- 3 apples, cored and finely chopped
- 1 carrot, grated
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup raw unsalted sunflower seeds, toasted
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
Mix all ingredients in large bowl, let sit for 1/2 hour to overnight for best flavor.
And then I saw this recipe and I think I will try it next:
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
- 2 celery ribs, cut into matchsticks
- 4 apples, of different varieties, cored and cut into matchsticks
Stir together mayonnaise, ginger, and vinegar. Add celery and apples and gently toss to coat.
Posted on November 7, 2010, in Recipes, TaMara and tagged apples, cabbage, carrots, ginger, mayonnaise. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Wanna be daring? Make an apple chupaqueso. Simplistically, think cheese crisp made into a shell to be stuffed.
You’ll want a non-stick skillet, several ounces of grated cheese, and chunked or chopped apples (that you peeled and cored first, please).
Mix about half the grated cheese with the apples.
Heat the skillet. Put a thin layer of grated cheese in the center, enough to form a tortilla sized circle. Let the cheese melt and begin to crisp (you can lift the edge). Flip the shell, and place a line of apple-cheese mix down the center. As soon as the other side of the shell lets you, fold the edges up over the apple-cheese mixture.
You can tri-fold ala burritos, or you can flat fold ala omelets. Or if you’ve skill you can slip the shell into or over a form before stuffing and turn it into a basket and fill that.
By the way, chupaquesos were originally a made-up creation in Howard Tayler’s Schlock Mercenary that took on a life of their own.
My dad always threw tart apples into his coleslaw. We would store the slaw without the dressing and he would cut up an apple toss onto the salad on his plate and then add the dressing.
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