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[quote=Anonymous]Ok this recipe is in the Wall St. Journal.  I made it tonight and the kids didn't like it…too strong of an alcohol taste.
I wonder if I did the following wrong:

First question:  I turned off the flame on my range before I poured in the Caldavos and lit the stuff on fire.  It flamed about 10 seconds, not the full minute that the recipe said it would.   Should I have kept the flame on?  I wasn't sure I'd set myself on fire; never have set food on fire before.

Second question, when the recipe says, "until the apples start to caramelize" how can you tell?

Thank you!

Apples Foster
Total Time: 10 minutes Serves: 4

¼ cup butter

½ cup Demerara sugar, plus more to taste, depending on the tartness of the apples

1 star anise or ½ teaspoon cinnamon

4 crisp apples, peeled and sliced

¼ cup Calvados or Apple Jack

Vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche, for serving

1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter and cook until it foams. Once foaming subsides, stir in sugar and spice and cook 1 minute to allow flavors to meld.

2. Lay apples into pan in a single layer and cook until fruit begins to caramelize, about 5 minutes.

3. Pour Calvados into pan. Use a long match or candle lighter to ignite alcohol. Boil until flames subside, 1 minute. Remove from heat and serve with ice cream or crème fraîche.[/quote]

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