Thursday, January 31, 2013

Owen vs Mom. Secret ingredient: Apples

So, now that you know a lot about my recipes, now I'm going to do some competitions against my mom and my dad with the other parent deciding the ingredient and judging. Does that sound fair to you? Our first challenge was today and our secret ingredient was chosen by my dad, which was apples. I won this first challenge so our ingredient today will be the dish that I won. 


 



My mom made this dish, which was apple spice filling inside a tortilla and fried, topped with caramel sauce, ice cream and chocolate shavings.

I made this dish. It's apple fritters with an apple slaw with homemade dressing. It's actually very simple. Here's the recipe. Mix together Marzetti's dressing with a small amount of worchestire sauce.
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8 comments:

  1. twoboysblessedFebruary 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM

    I don't know Owen, as much as I love you I think I would have to go with the apple tortilla ;)

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    1. Chef OwenFebruary 4, 2013 at 5:04 PM

      That's because you haven't tasted the apple tortilla. It was too crispy and not enough apple and needed different spices. You would have gone for mine more.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    Owen, I would like to have the recipe for the apple fritters, I have never made those and I would like to try to make them weight watcher friendly for George and I. Your presentations are fantastic and I love reading your blog. You are very special to us. Keep posting your recipes for us.

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    1. Chef OwenFebruary 4, 2013 at 5:06 PM

      if you want to know how to make this weight watcher friendly.

      1/2 cup flour
      1 half cup sugar
      few tablespoons of butter
      1 tsp baking powder
      1/4 tsp salt
      1 tsp cinnamon
      1/3 cup milk

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2013 at 8:44 PM

    presentation for both dishes is excellent... I would be interested in hearing the judge's comments on

    1) taste
    2) texture
    3) seasoning
    4) preparation skills of the chefs

    for each dish...

    I would also like to hear some more detail regarding the recipe used for your apple fritter .. in looking at your pictures preparing the fritters.. I was interested in how you cooked your batter and your powered sugar topping/covering...

    it would also be good to hear from each of the chefs on how they responded to the choice of secret ingredient (apples) and whether there choice of recipe came quickly to them once the secret ingredient was identified .... maybe you could give us further information on your blog on that question...

    great job.. and thanks for taking the time to consider my comments

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    1. Chef OwenFebruary 4, 2013 at 5:08 PM

      1) taste - for mom's dish, the tortilla was too crispy and needed different seasonings.
      2) texture - just too much tortilla and too crunchy-
      3) seasoning - mom needed different seasonings.
      4) preparation skills of the chefs - moms dish was prepared pretty well

      i wont comment on my own dish.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    Both dishes look wonderful! Keep up the good work Owen!
    Love, Grandma Cindy

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