APPLE PIE WITH NOUGAT

Apple pie and nougat quesadillas with butterscotch sauce 

Recipe by Kate George



2 flour tortillas
2 Tbs butter, softened, divided
1 fresh tart apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1 Tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon, divided
Zest of half a lemon
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
50 of nutty nougat, roughly chopped



For the sauce:
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup of tightly packed dark brown sugar
¾ cup heavy whipping cream
1 Tbs vanilla extract
1 tsp salt


Mix the brown sugar, half the cinnamon and the nutmeg together in a small bowl.
For the butterscotch sauce:
Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a saute pan and add the apple with the cinnamon and sugar mix. Also add the lemon zest .
Saute over medium heat for two minutes, until the apples soften.
Remove from the heat and set aside
Reheat another sauté pan and add the remaining butter on a medium heat.
When the pan is hot, add a tortilla and top with the apple mix and the nougat bits sprinkled on top. Top with the other tortilla to make a “sandwich”. Saute until golden brown and flip over to toast the other side.
Take off the heat and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon and sugar. Cut into wedges and serve with some fresh cream of vanilla ice-cream, and drizzle with butterscotch sauce.
In a heavy bottomed saucepan, melt butter over low to medium heat. Just before butter is melted, add all dark brown sugar at once and stir with wooden spoon until sugar is uniformly wet.
Continue stirring over the heat for about 5 minutes, until the sugar has started to darken and all the sugar granules are melted.
Pour in all the cream at once and replace your spoon with a whisk. Lower heat a little and whisk cream into mixture. When liquid is uniform, turn heat back to medium and whisk every few minutes until the sauce thickens.
Take off the heat and allow to cool. Add the vanilla and the salt.
SOURCE: EXPRESSO AND P 'N P
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