On that note I encourage those of you who can to by local and organic and volunteer a little of your time to make real food an option for everyone. After all, it does taste great, as we all concluded as we ate. Our menu featured apples/banana appetizer, shepard's pie with bison meat, delicious basil pesto made by my suite-mate, organic smoothies with kale from a local farm, and the above yumminess. It's essentially an apple turnover. The inspiration came from a request for fig newtons(told you they were popular;). But as our fig tree is currently under several inches of snow and pears and apples are in season I improvised with that instead. And may I say not a soul was disappointed. I mean who could say no to perfectly spiced, baked apples and pears, wrapped in a warm pastry blanket?
*http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html
Ingredients
Filling:
-2 pears and one apple, cored and sliced thin
-2 tbsps lemon juice
-1 tbsp arrowroot powder(optional, helps thicken it)
-dash of salt
-1 tbsp cinnamon
-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
-dash of nutmeg
-dash of allspice/ cloves
*optional: raisins and walnuts to add after fruit is baked down
Pastry:
- ¼ cup grass fed butter - 1 ¼ cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- ½ cup of date syrup (1:1 of dates:water and a little lemon juices blended together or honey/maple syrup)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
-Make the filling by combining all the filling ingredient(except raisins and walnuts) in a pot and cook over low heat for 2 hours, or until desired tenderness, and let cool**
-Preheat the oven to 350oF. Mix all the cookie ingredients together with your hands until similar to a shortbread cookie dough (you may have to add more flour). Roll dough onto cookie sheet into a long rectangle until about ¼ inch thick. Spread fruit down 1/3rd of the dough. Add raisins and walnuts on top. Fold the sides of the dough together to meet in the middle. Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown, broil for the last 2 minutes or so. Slice, serve and enjoy!
** you could also double the filling and cook in a slow cooker on high for at least 2 hours, you just want enough to fill your crock-pot 3/4 full. It will just make more filling than you need, which is supper tasty on its own. Also, you could bake it in a casserole dish or just put it in the dough raw. It will just be more crunchy and less sweet. You also can use all apples or all pears, whatever your heart desires:)
-Make the filling by combining all the filling ingredient(except raisins and walnuts) in a pot and cook over low heat for 2 hours, or until desired tenderness, and let cool**
-Preheat the oven to 350oF. Mix all the cookie ingredients together with your hands until similar to a shortbread cookie dough (you may have to add more flour). Roll dough onto cookie sheet into a long rectangle until about ¼ inch thick. Spread fruit down 1/3rd of the dough. Add raisins and walnuts on top. Fold the sides of the dough together to meet in the middle. Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown, broil for the last 2 minutes or so. Slice, serve and enjoy!
** you could also double the filling and cook in a slow cooker on high for at least 2 hours, you just want enough to fill your crock-pot 3/4 full. It will just make more filling than you need, which is supper tasty on its own. Also, you could bake it in a casserole dish or just put it in the dough raw. It will just be more crunchy and less sweet. You also can use all apples or all pears, whatever your heart desires:)
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