Cider Sauce

5 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
  • 1 pound Gala or McIntosh apples
  • 2 cups unfiltered apple cider
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 1 small (1 1/2- to 2-inch) dried chile (preferably Thai)

Directions

  1. 1
    Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with a sharp knife into a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan.
  2. 2
    Quarter apples (do not peel or core) and add to vanilla seeds along with pod and remaining ingredients.
  3. 3
    Simmer, uncovered, 1 hour.
  4. 4
    Pour sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a blender (do not press on solids) and blend until emulsified (use caution when blending hot liquids).
  5. 5
    Serve immediately.

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