RECIPE ARCHIVE

Welcome to Belltown Hill Orchards' recipe archive. We invite you to take a look around and try out some of our favorite recipes utilizing the fresh, local produce available at our Farm Market. Ingredients marked with an asterisk indicate it's an item we carry in our store (during the appropriate season, of course!)

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Monday, March 21, 2011

Baked Potatoes with Apples

Serve with rice or pasta for a main course, or on its own for a side dish.

Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs potatoes (any variety), scrubbed*
  • 2 medium onions, cut into 1" wedges*
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 Ida Red apples*
  • 1 1/4 cups beef broth
  • 3/4 cup apple cider*
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3/4 tsp allspice


Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 400*F.
  2. Place potatoes in greased 9x13" baking dish. Break onion wedges and sprinkle over potatoes. Add oil and mix well. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. While the potatoes are baking, rinse apples, core, and cut into 3/4" wedges.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together broth, apple cider, cornstarch, allspice.
  5. Remove potatoes from oven and mix in apples and broth mixture. Return to oven for another 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender and liquid is bubbly and thick. Baste any uncovered potatoes or apples with broth throughout second baking.  

*Ingredients available at Belltown