Wisconsin Apple Growers Association

2008 Apple Recipe Contest Winners

 Five Ingredients or Less Category

Bavarian Pork Chops and Kraut

Mary Ammeter, Waupaca

1st Place
 

8           Pork chops, browned

2 cans Sauerkraut (or 1 large bag)

1            Medium onion, sliced

2      Apples, sliced

1 cup  Apple juice

Salt, pepper, sage, parsley flakes, brown sugar

Place sauerkraut in a greased roasting pan.  Sprinkle with brown sugar.  Put browned pork chops on top.  Season with salt, pepper, sage, and parsley flakes.  Top with sliced onions and sliced apples.  Pour apple juice over all.

Bake at 350º for 1 to 1½ hours.

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Quick Apple Dessert

Karen Schmidt, Racine

2nd Place

4 cups        Chopped apples ( I like Wealthy)

1 cup          Sugar

1 cup          Flour

1 stick        Butter

3 oz pkg  Strawberry Jello

Crumble butter, flour, and sugar together.  Press 1/2 of mixture into 9”x9” pan.  Sprinkle Jello over apples and top with remaining mixture.  Bake at 350º for 30 minutes.  Serve warm or cold.

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Wisconsin Apple/Sweet Pork Sausage Empanada

Barbara Weiland
3rd Place

                           Empanada pastry dough*

1 lb                     Sweet ground pork sausage  

1—2 cups         Apples, diced, cored, and peeled*

1/4 cup            Golden raisins

1                         Egg, beaten*

Sauté pork sausage lightly in a little butter until cooked through and crumbled.  Let cool.

Mix sausage, apples, raisins, and egg thoroughly.  Roll out dough and cut into 4 to 6 inch circles.  Fill each circle with filling, fold over and seal.  Bake at 400º for 20 minutes (or until lightly browned.)

*Pie dough with added cream cheese works fine or see empanada dough recipe. 

*May use fresh or dried apples or a mixture—we use fresh Haralred. 

*Brushing the empanadas with beaten egg white will give a glossy finish.

 Empanada Dough

1/4 lb Unsalted butter or margarine at room temperature (1 stick)

4 oz Cream cheese at room temperature

1½ cups Unbleached flour

1/2 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Coriander (optional)

1/4 tsp Cider vinegar

2 Tbs Very cold milk or water

1 Tbs Vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 400º.  Using a fork, combine butter or margarine and cream cheese.  Sift the flour over this mixture.  Add the baking powder, coriander, water or milk and combine with fork.  With floured hands, work the dough until you have a smooth, resilient ball, three to four minutes.  Roll out on floured surface until 1/8 inch or less thick, cut into desired disc size.

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