Spiced Apple Wedges with Caramel Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream

Spiced Apple Wedges with Caramel Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream
Spiced Apple Wedges with Caramel Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream
If you don't have a spice mill, you can crush the whole spices in a heavy plastic bag, then grind them finely in the blender.
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  • Served Person: Serves 8
Fruit Dessert Bake Apple Fall Bon Appétit Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
  • vanilla ice cream
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 10 whole cloves
  • 1/2 cup apple cider
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 whole star anise
  • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • Carbohydrate 30 g(10%)
  • Cholesterol 24 mg(8%)
  • Fat 8 g(13%)
  • Fiber 3 g(11%)
  • Protein 1 g(1%)
  • Saturated Fat 5 g(26%)
  • Sodium 10 mg(0%)
  • Calories 193

Preparation Preheat oven to 400°F. Finely grind first 4 ingredients in spice mill or small coffee grinder. Place apples in 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Sprinkle spices over apples. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup cider and butter. Gently stir to coat apples. Bake apples until tender, stirring occasionally, about 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 300°F. Using slotted spoon, transfer apples to ovenproof bowl and set in oven. Scrape all juices from baking dish into medium saucepan. Mix in cream and remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup cider. Boil until caramel sauce deepens in color and is reduced to 1/2 cup, whisking occasionally, about 5 minutes. Serve apples with ice cream and sauce.

Preparation Preheat oven to 400°F. Finely grind first 4 ingredients in spice mill or small coffee grinder. Place apples in 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Sprinkle spices over apples. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup cider and butter. Gently stir to coat apples. Bake apples until tender, stirring occasionally, about 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 300°F. Using slotted spoon, transfer apples to ovenproof bowl and set in oven. Scrape all juices from baking dish into medium saucepan. Mix in cream and remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup cider. Boil until caramel sauce deepens in color and is reduced to 1/2 cup, whisking occasionally, about 5 minutes. Serve apples with ice cream and sauce.