Caramelized Cardamom Apples With Pistachio Cream

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons unsalted pistachios, finely chopped
• 1/4 lb unsalted butter
• 4 medium tart apples
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons blanched slivered almonds
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 whip the cream lightly in a bowl till it just holds its shape, but is not stiff at all.
• 2 fold half of the pistachio nuts into the cream, cover and refrigerate.
• 3 melt the butter over low heat in a large nonstick skillet. take the pan off the heat.
• 4 peel, core and slice the apples thinly, dropping the slices into the butter as you cut them.
• 5 fold them into the butter as you go so that they do not discolor. (if you like, you could keep the pan over very low heat as you do this.).
• 6 add the cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, sugar, almonds and walnuts.
• 7 cook on medium heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring gently as you do so.
• 8 turn the heat to high; cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring very gently now and then, till apples have caramelized lightly.
• 9 serve on individual plates with a dollop of cream partially on, partially off the apples.
• 10 sprinkle remaining pistachios over the cream.