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Caramelized Apples with Dried Cherries Over Ice Cream

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    35 min

  • Yield

    Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

2

tablespoons unsalted butter

2

apples (3/4 lb total), peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch-wide wedges

1

/4 cup dried tart cherries or cranberries

2

/3 cup sugar

1

/8 teaspoon salt

1

1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste

1

/2 cup heavy cream

Accompaniment: vanilla ice cream

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Preparation

  1. Heat butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté apples and dried cherries, stirring and turning over occasionally, until apples are just beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Add sugar, salt, and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring, until juices are deep golden, about 5 minutes. Add cream and boil, stirring, 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool to warm, about 15 minutes. Stir in remaining teaspoon lemon juice, or to taste. Serve hot or warm over ice cream.