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With apple season in full swing, our kitchen is always decorated with gorgeous apple specimens from green, to pink, to red and everything in between. The timing could not have been any better this year because of a new cookbook, The Comfort of Apples, that was sent to us from the amazing cooking instructor couple Phil and Lauren Ruben of Two Peas and a Pot.
The Comfort of Apples cookbook is brimming with seasonal apple recipes from comforting savories to simple, yet elegant desserts. With Fall Fest in full swing, it wasn’t difficult to be inspired by apples this week, especially with The Comfort of Apples recipes to choose from.
The flavor of broiled leeks are fabulous and to add the delicate touch of a sweet and tangy apple vinaigrette is pure genius. Actually, we can’t decide which is “more genius”, the apple vinaigrette and charred leek combo, or just making the vinaigrette from fresh apples. When blended together, the apple acts as a perfect emulsifier between the oil and vinegar, and the apple’s sweet-tart flavor adds a special flavor component to the vinaigrette.
The flavor of the vinaigrette can vary as much as the different apples varieties tastes please the palate. And it makes the freshly made vinaigrette seem more autumn apropos. Vinaigrettes made with lemon, lime or other citrus are so beautifully bright and summery but the apples give the dressing a more rounded palate. It’s kinda like changing up from a Sidecar as the evening cocktail, to a Calvados Sidecar. Both are delicious, but they each have their perfect season.
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