Cooking with Ease: An Apple a Day

Apples were in full swing in October. Local orchards all advertised their pick-your-own specials and children were off on school trips to learn about the wondrous fresh applies grown right here in Ontario.

There are far more varieties available from the farm than the grocery store. Here is a link to a site that tells you all about them.

Chef Jason Taylor of Taylor’d for Taste recommends for baking, Northern Spy’s or Mutsu apples for the best pies, crisps and cobblers. His favourite is Honeycrisp Apple. A hybrid of the Macoun Apple and Honeygold Apple and is a perfect balance of tart and sweet with firm crisp flesh. They are also good for baking and making apple sauce.

Did you know that apples will keep fresh for many months if kept in a cool dry place? So if you have a cold cellar, get a bushel or two and enjoy them all winter long.

Chef Jason has shared with us this month two of his yummy apple recipes. One is for Individual Apple Crisps and the other is for Apple Sauce Baked Squash. To view these recipes, please click here .

Do try one or both of these mouth watering musts.

Wishing you or your partner had more cooking talent? Taylor’d for Taste is now offering cooking classes in Brampton, Mississauga and surrounding area. Visit Jason’s website to find out more. What a wonderful seasonal gift this would make!

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