Fun With Your Food

It’s been a rocky road between me and kuzu. I very much love the consistency it provides and its healing qualities but I’ve been convinced that it hates me…

Every attempt I at making it at home has failed for me… until last week! I present to you my successful warm apple cinnamon kuzu dessert.

Ingredients:

1 apple

2 cups liquid (water or juice or a mix of both)

Cinnamon to taste (about a teaspoon)

2 teaspoons Kuzu

Add some raisins or cranberries if you’d like.

Slice the apple into half moons or chunks and simmer in the liquid for at least 20 mins adding the cinnamon and dried fruit in about halfway through. Turn off the heat. Make a slurry of cold water and your kuzu (make sure the kuzu is dissolved in your water). Then add the slurry to the warm (NOT BOILING) liquid being sure to stir constantly to avoid clumps. The liquid will turn cloudy but then clear up in about 3-5 mins and thicken.

Now enjoy while still warm and feel the comfort. YUM- this is my new comfort dessert.

I’ve only made poached pears one other time and I used a white wine. I decided to use a little fruit juice this time and make the dessert have a fall feeling by adding a cinnamon stick to the broth. If you’re in need of an incredibly simple yet seemingly “fancy” dish, this is the one.

Peal a pair, cut it in half and scoop out the “guts”
Place in liquid and spices of choice to boil for about 20-30 mins

POOF… you’re pretty much done. I decided to kick it up a notch (am I allowed to say that without pay some sort of royality? haha) and make a sauce out of the juice by adding a thickening agent (kuzu, arrowroot, agar agar).

If you try it, let me know how it turns out or your variation of it!

Teddy