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Dolce di Pane e Mele (Bread and Apple Cake) (Dairy)
Today, October 24, is Food Day! Americans from all walks of life push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. One of the huge problems we are dealing with is that Americans waste more than 40 percent of the food we produce for consumption, while the number of people without enough to eat continues to rise. A very important Jewish concept, especially relevant today, is Bal Tashchit (do not destroy or waste). Originally, Bal Tashchit refers to the biblical prohibition against the destruction of fruit trees during wartime (Deuteronomy 12:19), but the rabbis of the Talmud extended the concept to the prohibition of destroying and wasting anything needlessly.
Really! Nowadays we should apply this idea to all kinds of waste (do we really need to drive, when we can walk or take the bus?). And of course, let’s start with food. Don’t leave your bread in plastic bags: chances are, it will be covered in green mold before you are done with it. If you keep it in a paper bag or a bread box, on the other hand, it will just dry out and you’ll still be able to use it, soaked in broth, to make delicious meatballs (with leftover cooked chicken), or for this delicious cake!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raisins, plumped in warm brandy (or warm water)
- 2 eggs
- 1 (scant) cup sugar
- 1 untreated lemon
- a pinch of salt
- 1 cup milk
- 3 large or 4 small apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin, drizzled with lemon juice to prevent oxidation
- about 1/3 pound day-old sliced bread (crust removed)
- butter to grease the pan
- Another version of the Bread Cake
- Ingredients:
- 1/3 pound day-old sliced bread (crust removed)
- milk or rice milk for soaking
- 2 pounds apples or pears
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 or 3 tablespoons rhum
- 1 package baking powder (optional)
Directions
Serves 4
In a food processor (or with your hand mixer) process the eggs with the sugar till frothy, then slowly add the milk.
Add the lemon zest and a pinch of salt. .
Grease a spring-form pan and cover the bottom with sliced bread, then cover with some of the egg/sugar mix, followed by a layer of apple slices and raisins,
Continue layering all he ingredients, topping with apples and raisins; brush the top with little melted butter and bake for 30 to 40 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 350 F.
Other version of bread cake:
Break or cut the bread into small pieces and soak it in milk or soy milk until very soft.
Drain it and process it with your mixer till creamy.
Add the egg yolks, plumped raisins, rhum, sugar, and the apples (peeled, cored, and diced).
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff and carefully incorporate them with a spatula (alternatively, you can avoid separating the eggs in the first place and add a package of baking powder to the mix when you add the sugar).
Pour into a greased spring-form pan and bake at 350 F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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