Apple Popover # Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge

With the apple season upon us, this month Sheryl, the Lady Behind the Curtain, chose Apple and Cinnamon as the star ingredients for Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge. As always, I picked out and pinned a number of desserts that paired the two and then decided on the easiest one... Apple Popover... Being mildly sweet they make a lovely dessert when served with whipped cream or a dollop of ice-cream. they are also wonderful for breakfast with a helping of yogurt or cajeta if you feel so indulgent...

Making Popovers is a child's play... on any given day you can easily bake some up for breakfast... just as I did this morning or set it to bake while you sit for dinner and enjoy it for dessert with some ice-cream or whipped cream as we did last night.... and as you can tell it does not feel too heavy so you really do not mind having it two times in a row..

Though Popovers were traditionally made in Popover Pans, muffins pans and ramekins can be used with equal ease to make them. I always bake them in ramekins and have never had an issue with it. so far the unassuming batter has never failed me and always delivered itself... it always pops up to a beautiful golden irregular tower that tastes nice and crisp on the outside while still hot... the only thing about this popover that is different from the traditional popovers is that its exterior is a little soft and gets softer when topped with cream.. they however are delightful when you have it fresh out of the oven..

now the recipe... I adapted the Popover recipe from Vintage Kitchen Notes and used Joy of Baking as a reference. The original recipe is from Dorie Greenspan's Baking with Julia. +Paula Montenegro published it as part of Tuesdays with Dorie. from different online sources I gathered that the batter can be prepared upto 24 hours in advance.. and as +Paula mentions the popovers taste better and less eggy when made with well rested batter.

Apple Popover

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Recipe  Adapted from Vintage Kitchen Notes

Prep time: 5 minutes                                                                               Cook time: 40 minutes
Total time: 45-50 minutes                                                                       Yield: 3
Ingredients

• For the popover batter
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 2/3 tbsp butter, at room temperature
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp salt
• For the apple
• 1 delicious red apple, cored, deskinned and cut into small pieces 
• 1/2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• zest and juice of half a lemon 
• a handful of raisins (I used oven dried red grapes)
• melted butter for greasing the popover cups/ramekins/muffin cups
• Whipped Cream or Ice-cream to serve (I used store bought whipped cream from Cool Whip) 

Cooking Directions

1. Put the ingredients for the batter into the container of a blender and whirl until smooth. You can whip this by hand too as I always do and let the batter rest in the fridge overnight.
2. When ready to make the popovers, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and grease 3 ramekins of 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup capacity.
3. Melt the butter in a non-stick skillet.
4. Add the sliced apple, sugar, cinnamon, zest and juice of lemon to it and saute the apple pieces till they become tender.
5. Switching of the heat, distribute half of the cooked apple into the prepared ramekins. then pouring 1/4 cup of batter into each of them, bake the popovers in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Do not open the oven door while the popovers are baking. 
6. Turning the heat down to 350 degrees F, bake for another 15 minutes.
7. Now that the popovers are ready, top them with some whipped cream and the remaining half of cooked apples and serve. 

Hope you enjoyed the popovers as much as we did...and before i hop over to see what the other have prepared for the Apple-Cinnamon round of the Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge...here is a pic of the cross-section of the popover...

Now isn't that a drool-worthy rendition of the traditional Popover ! 

So much for today. See you soon. Have a good day !

I shall be sharing this with the following food events...

Monday Food : Made with Love Mondays, Marvelous Mondays @ This Gal Cooks, Melt in your Mouth Mondays, Inspiration MOnday Party, Sharing Monday, Inspire Me Monday, Clever Chicks Blog Hop, Maniac Monday Linky Party,Mix it up Monday, The Scoop

Tuesday Food:  Totally Tasty Tuesday @ Mandy's Recipe Box, Tasteful Tuesday Party @ Nap Time Creations,  Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home,  Hand Made Tuesday @ Ladybug Blessings, Share it Link Party @ Winthrop Chronicles, Tasty Tuesday, Hearth and Soul blog Hop

Wednesday Food : What's Cooking Wednesday @ Buns in my Oven, Cast Party Wednesday @ Lady Behind the Curtain , Show and Share @ Semi Homemade Mom, Wonderful Food Wednesdays at @ Home Take 2

Thursday Food: Link it Up Thursday @ Seven Alive, Creative Thursday @ Michelle's Tasty Creations, Fantastic Thursday @ Three Little Chiefs, Thriving on Thursdays @ Domesblissity, Freedom Friday @ My Turn, Full Plate Thursday @ Miz Helen's Country Cottage  

Friday Food: Foodie Friday @ Home Maid Simple, Friday Favorite (DYI too) @ Simple Sweet Home, Foodie Friday @ Not Your Ordinary Recipes,  Foodie Friday @ Rattlebridge Farm , Weekend Wonders @ The Thriftiness Miss, Friday Food Frenzy @ Mostly Food and Crafts , Weekend Potluck @ Sunflower Supper Club,  The Weekend re-Treat @The Best Blog  Recipes