Caramel Apple Salad

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 quart goat's milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split open
• 3 inches long stick of canela cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in 1/2 tb water
• 8 ounces cream cheese or 8 ounces neufchatel cheese, softened
• 3 lbs apples (prefer a crisp tart variety)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 3/4 cup walnut halves

Recipe

• 1 combine the goat milk, sugar, vanilla bean, and cinnamon stick in a heavy-bottomed pot. heat on medium-high heat until boiling. remove from heat and add baking soda/water mixture. stir until the goat milk mixture stops foaming, and then return to heat. cook the milk mixture at a low boil for about 2 to 3 hours, until it is reduced to a thick caramel - you will have approximately 1 1/2 cups of caramel sauce. remove the cinnamon stick and vanilla bean (i usually do this about halfway through the cooking process because it's a little easier to remove them while the sauce is still thin).
• 2 combine the hot cajeta caramel with the softened cream or neufchatel cheese and whisk until the cheese is uniformly melted into the caramel.
• 3 core the apples and chop into bite sized pieces, putting the chopped pieces in a large bowl of cold water with the 2 tbs lemon juice added as you work. when all of the apples have been chopped drain them well, and combine them with the caramel/cheese sauce in a large bowl. coarsly chop the walnuts. add walnuts and raisins to the apples and mix well.