Overnight Caramelized Apple Matzoh Brie

Name: Overnight Caramelized Apple Matzoh Brie
Yield: Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: ½ cup evaporated milk, half-and-half, or cream; 4 whole plain matzohs; 4 medium-large (about 2 pounds) flavorful apples (an assortment of sweet and tart, such as Wine-sap, Northern Spy, or Mutsu combined with Jonathan, Gala, Braeburn, or the lovely heirloom apple Golden Russet, works particularly well; if possible, search out local, seasonal varieties— and avoid Rome apples, which will turn to mush); ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ⅓ cup evaporated milk, half-and-half, or cream; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; ⅓ cup pure maple syrup; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; ⅛ teaspoon salt; Unsalted butter for greasing the pan, plus 2 tablespoons, melted and cooled; sour cream or yogurt cream; 1 teaspoon granulated brown or white sugar; ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 large eggs

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4
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Complex

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The Gefilte Variations

By Jayne Cohen

Published 2000

About

An evil apple may have done the trick for Snow White’s wicked stepmother, but no apple caused Adam’s downfall. Though mentioned several times in ancient Hebrew literature, the apple plays no part in Genesis. Adam and Eve sin simply by eating “fruit”—the generic kind—from the Tree of Knowledge.

Was the actual culprit the sensuous, many-seeded pomegranate? Perhaps the luscious golden apricot or the flesh-soft fig? Scholars continue to debate. Though the apple was first used by early t

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