Apple Crumble

Wow it's been a long time since I last blogged. So to make up for it I thought I would start back up with a simple recipe to get me back in the grove of posting again. A few days ago we went to my uncle's house to watch the fight between Manny Pacquio and Antonio Margarito. Pacquio fights had become a special event in in the Filipino culture especially in my family. In every fight that Pacquio has had we always have a little gathering at my uncle's house. For the fight against Margarito I decided to make apple crumble. I've made the apple crumble a lot of times this year and each time I would tweak the recipe a little so that all the flavors are balanced.


The first time I made this recipe was a trial run at home. My Dad brought home a ton of granny smith apples and he asked me what I can do with the apples. I looked online for a recipe that was easy to make and that didn't require to much ingredients. On the original recipe unsaid to use white sugar forthe crust. But on the second time I made this recipe I only had brown sugar in stock. The outcome was good. It gave the crumble a butterscotch taste to it. So when I made it again for the Pacquio fight I put a half cup of white sugar and a half cup of brown sugar to add a butterscotch flavor to the crumble. All in all the apple crumble was a success. Al though it would've been better with ice cream everyone enjoyed it.


Apple Crumble. Serves 8
11 apples
2 tablespoon water
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon

Topping:
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cups butter

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees farenheit
2. Peel and core the apples
3. Thinly slice the apples and put them in a pan
4. Add the brown sugar, cinnamon and the water
5. Cook the apples until it's a little soft
6. Put the apples in a baking dish
7. For the topping mix together the white sugar, brown sugar and the flour together
8. Then with you hands mix in the butter until it has a bread crumb consistency. You can also use a food processor, a fork or a pastry blender.
9. Put it in the oven for 40 minutes or until the topping is golden brown

Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes for your honey?

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Chicken Parmesan Tenders With Pasta

Tonight I had to make dinner for my family that was fast and something that they havent eaten in a while. I also had limited ingredients so i really had to pick the right recipe where i had most of the ingredients. I looked inside the cupboards and saw a jar of marinara sauce. I decided to make spaghetti.



I had two choices of meat either ground beef or chicken. Lately I've been wanting to make Chicken Parmesan, so i thought tonight would be a good night to make some. I had all of the ingredients except for mozzarella. Then i remembered watching an episode of Giada De Laurentis' show, Giada at home. In that episode she made Chicken Parmesan tenders as an appetizer without using mozzarella. After breading the chicken and frying it, i cooked some pasta and heated up the marinara sauce. I mixed the pasta and marinara sauce together and placed the chicken Parmesan tenders on top. Everybody loved it.....well except for my sister who wanted cream sauce instead of marinara sauce. But its alll gooooooood!

Apple turnover

A couple of weeks ago me and my family went on a vacation to Arnold city, California. On our way back we stopped by at this little store where they sold apple cider and a few apple pastries. My mom bought these amazing apple turnovers with frosting drizzled on top and almonds. The filling was delicious. The apples were so sweet.



Unfortunatly I wasn't able to get the name of the store and Arnold city is about 3 hours drive from where I lived. So I decided to replicate these amazing apple turnovers. I used store bought puff pastry and green apples for the filling. I also drizzled frosting on top and added sliced almonds. My family loved it so much that it was gone within an hour. It tasted just like the ones from Arnold city. Yummm!!