Gigantic Apples: Time for Country Captain Stew
At this time of year apples are plentiful. Maybe you’ve been eating them plain and making apple pie but apples are also wonderful in a stew. (Plus I don’t like pie).
Country Captain Stew is a recipe that I use when I have extra apples and potatoes. I never make it exactly like the recipe but use it as a base. I always include the tofu, apples, potatoes, and spices but everything else varies depending on what I have on hand. Plus, my CSA gave me the largest apples I’ve ever seen – they are huge! The picture above shows a normal sized apple next to the enormous ones that I used for the stew.
Potatoes, Apples, Tofu, Onions, Garlic and Spices
One thing I really like about this recipe is that the sweetness of the apples offsets the spices like Garam Masala. And the kind of apple that you decide to use changes the flavor of the stew. I really like to use a sour one like Granny Smith.
Baked Tofu
And, of course, you don’t have to include the tofu. Just please don’t tell me it’s gross. I don’t make comments about things that most people eat that I think I are gross. ;-)
Added the Green Pepper Strips
Bowl of Stew
What do you do with extra apples?
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December 3, 2009 at 9:22 am
Apples are also delicious in curry. But I generally make pie or cobbler. :D
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December 3, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Hi Dot – I don’t like pie – not any kind. I think it’s a texture thing.
December 3, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I love your food posts and am very upset that we live in different states! :)
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December 3, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Hi Vered – We live about as far away as we possibly can and still be in the same country ;-)
December 3, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Sweet. I’ve always been a big apple fan. The final product looks tasty. :-)
December 3, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Hi Jim – This isn’t one of my new experiments – I’ve been making this one for awhile. Alex wasn’t thrilled with the apples in it but otherwise she liked it.
December 3, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I like apples but not in pie. When it comes to pie I’m all over lemon meringue or berry pie. Applesauce is good. I also have a great recipe for baked sweet potatoes combined with apples. It is delicious. This apple stew you make DOES look good. I like tofu in certain dishes… before I say it sounds gross, I guess I should make it and taste it first. Right? ;-)
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December 3, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Hi Davina – LOL – I hear people say tofu is gross a lot and they usually haven’t tried it. Like anything, it can be gross – it depends on how it is cooked. My kid, however, likes it raw, which I even think is a little gross.
The baked sweet potatoes with apples sounds really yummy!
December 5, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Ha! I knew I liked that kid! When I’m cubing tofu, I always sneak a few plain squares. They are much better than those foul Jell-O jiggler things.
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December 6, 2009 at 7:06 am
Tracy – I think she likes it that way because I used to give them to her when she was a baby.
December 3, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I put apples in just about everything…no lie. My husband needs to eat pork with his dietary problems …..I love cooking the pork with apples
They are also a main feature in the STuffed squash in the ebook…and I often use applesauce in the pumpkin muffins.
I can not wait to try this recipe… yummy
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December 3, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Hi Patricia – My daughter usually eats them before I can cook with them :-) But these were just too big.
She likes slices with peanut butter on them.
December 4, 2009 at 12:31 am
OO peanut butter and apples…I used to use my corer and ream out the centers and fill the apples with peanut butter, raisins and diced celery and wrap in plastic wrap for sandwiches for school lunches while I was figuring out how to make edible Gluten Free bread and rolls….Your daughter has the right idea…but sometimes those apples just are way too big!
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December 4, 2009 at 3:49 pm
You must really like them apples, huh. ;)
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December 4, 2009 at 6:38 pm
LOL ;-) I’ve got to use the food that comes in the farm box – I don’t
want to waste anything.
December 5, 2009 at 12:27 pm
We should live together! I could eat all of your pie and you can eat all of the savory dishes with fruit in them.
My husband is seriously allergic to apples so I don’t cook with them, as I don’t want him to feel left out. The kids love them, so we eat them plain.
Although, and I should probably be posting this under an assumed name, the two littlest have taken to taking apples out themselves and taking a few bites and leaving them. I can’t stand wasting good fruit, so, I cut off their bites (does that make sense, sounds weird) peel and slice and put in a small casserole with some brown sugar, cinnamon and little pats of butter and bake until yummy. I think I actually read about using kid-bitten apples that way in the Tightwad Gazette.
And I LOVE tofu!
December 6, 2009 at 7:07 am
Hi Tracy – Wow! Allergic to apples! It wouldn’t be nice to cook with apples.
Oh why do kids do that? Alex doesn’t anymore but she used to – and it drove me nuts. I ended up finishing a lot of apples that I didn’t really
want to eat in the first place ;-)