Caramelized Apple Crepes

Posted on by April 9, 2013

Caramelized Apple Crepes

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Serves 6

Ingredients

  • 6 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • 6 cooking apples (I prefer MacIntosh)
  • 1 fresh lemon (juiced and grated)
  • 1/2 Tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 Tsp crystallized ginger (minced)
  • 1/4 cup brandy
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 6 - 9 dessert crepes (see my Dessert Crepe recipe)

Directions

Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add granulated sugar, and cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar turns amber in color, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat if it starts to turn dark.
carmelized sugar and butter
Peels quarter and cut the apples into chunks. Toss with the lemon juice, rind, cinnamon and crystallized ginger.
apples with lemon, cinnamon and ginger
Add apples to the caramelized sugar and butter and cook, turning apples over, until soft and completely caramelized. coated and cooked through.
apples and carmelized sugars
Pour the brandy into the frying pan with the apple mixture. Using a barbecue lighter or long match carefully light the brandy and gently turn the flaming apples with a spatula until the fire burns out..
Whip the cream with a teaspoon of vanilla and sugar to taste until stiff peaks form.
Put a fresh crepe in the middle of a dessert plate. Add a dollop of the warmed apple mixture. Add a dollop of whipped cream or ice cream. Fold the crepes sides over on each other. Gently turn the crepe over so that you have a flat top. Add a a little more of the apple mixture.