{"id":8253,"date":"2017-10-27T17:23:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/homemade-candy-apples\/"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:39:36","slug":"homemade-caramel-apples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/homemade-caramel-apples\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade caramel apples and the festive table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I like caramel apples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They take about 10 minutes from start to finish and are one of those things that are as fun to make as they are to eat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-32083 size-full\" title=\"Caramel apples recipe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4902.jpg\" alt=\"Caramel apples recipe\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4902.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4902-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4902-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Caramel apple or candy apples?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Italy, with the same word caramel, we mean two different things.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the first meaning of &#8216;caramello&#8217; is a mixture of sugar, water and 2-3 fresh lemon juice drops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in the second one, is butter sauce who everybody knows (and loves).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love caramel apples simple and unadorned, but you could dress them up with melted chocolate, chocolate chips, dried fruits, finely chopped almonds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These caramel apples are perfect for two different holiday. Halloween and Christmas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I love of caramel apples is their festive color that makes special each holiday table, especially for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Buona cucina, Monica<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Candy apples.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Make them by dissolving 200g of sugar in 100g of water. Dip the apples in it and let them dry.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Apple lovers.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/?s=apple&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a> you will find my sweet and savory recipes with apple.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Keep in Touch<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>If you like, you can follow me on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tortelliniandco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.it\/tortelliniandco\/_created\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tortelliniandco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-31638 size-full\" title=\"Caramel apples\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6022.jpg\" alt=\"Caramel apples\" width=\"537\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6022.jpg 537w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6022-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6022-301x420.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Caramel apples recipe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>serves 8-10<br \/>\nList of ingredients<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>8-10 little red apples, room temperature<br \/>\n350 g white sugar<br \/>\n30 g butter<br \/>\n5 tbsp maple syrup<br \/>\n150 ml water<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Method<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wash and dry the apples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Insert a wooden stick into the top\u00a0of each apple, pushing about halfway through; set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Then, make the caramel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; butter parchment, and set aside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a medium heavy-bottomed pot, combine sugar, butter, maple syrup and water and stir with a tablespoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bring to a boil over high heat, and cook swirling occasionally (not stir); reduce heat to medium-high until mixture is well melted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remove from heat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Working quickly, dip apples, 1 at a time, into caramel sugar mixture until completely coated. Transfer to prepared baking sheet; allow to cool.\u00a0Let excess drip off and let dry before touch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter size-full wp-image-31642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4842.jpg\" alt=\"Italian fruit\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4842.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4842-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4842-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like caramel apples. They take about 10 minutes from start to finish and are one of those things that are as fun to make as they are to eat. Caramel apple or candy apples? In Italy, with the same word caramel, we mean two different things. In the first meaning of &#8216;caramello&#8217; is a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2033,2040,2129,2034,2031],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses","category-desserts","category-fruits-en","category-ingredients","category-recipes"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4901.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8253"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32086,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions\/32086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}