Poached Apples With Salted Toasted Nuts
This dessert is easy to make and can be prepped ahead. The apples are poached in a warm vanilla and maple syrup liquid, and served with apple peel crips and salted toasted nuts.
Substitute:
- No apples? Use pears instead.
- No maple syrup? Try with honey, golden brown sugar or agave syrup instead.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
4 Apples
For the syrup:
1 tsp Vanilla paste
60 g Maple syrup
400 g Water
For the topping:
4 tbsp seeds and nuts of your choice
½ tsp Olive oil
a pinch of Sea salt
a pinch of Ground cinnamon
a pinch of Ground ginger
Recipe:
- Poach the apples: Peel the apples - do not discard the peels. Place the apple in a saucepan, along with the water, maple syrup, and vanilla. Bring the liquid to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 15 minutes, or until a sharp knife slips easily through the apple flesh. Take the pan off the heat and let the apples cool in the liquid.
- Make the crisp apple peels: Preheat the oven to 170 C/150 fan/3 gas mark. Add the apple peels in a baking dish, along with the cinnamon and ginger powder. Toss to coat and bake for 10 minutes, or until crisp.
- Make the salted toasted nuts: Add the olive oil, seeds and nuts to a frying pan, and toast over medium heat, stirring often, for 4-5 minutes, or until lightly golden. Stir in the sea salt and set aside.
- Serve: Serve the cooled apples with the maple vanilla syrup, the salted toasted nuts and crispy apple peels on top.
![poached apple served with nuts and seed in a bowl](https://images.prismic.io/oddbox/a5220034-203f-4ba7-97de-1b7a826364a9_IMG_2134.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&w=755&h=1200)
How to store
Store the apples in their syrup, in the fridge for up to 4 days. Store the toasted seeds, nuts and apple crisps in an airtight container, in a dry cool place.
Leftovers
Baked apple slices: Slice the poached apples in wedges, place in a baking dish and bake at 180 C/160 fan/4 gas mark, for 15 minutes. Serve with coconut, or vanilla ice cream, and if you have any left, some of the toasted nuts and apple crisps too.
![whole peeled apple in vanilla water](https://images.prismic.io/oddbox/9616f15f-55d7-44a6-b130-336bd4c41152_IMG_2130.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&w=360&h=360)
![crisped apple peel](https://images.prismic.io/oddbox/48ada963-09c6-43bc-b47e-d7219e104e30_IMG_2133.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&w=360&h=360)
![nuts and seeds being toasted in a frying pan](https://images.prismic.io/oddbox/8b8ea88f-77ba-47d7-9e5b-3264cdac60c8_IMG_2131.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&w=360&h=360)
![served poached apple](https://images.prismic.io/oddbox/a5220034-203f-4ba7-97de-1b7a826364a9_IMG_2134.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&w=360&h=360)