Aged Cheddar with Apple Wedges and Cider Reduction

Sarah Stegner re-creates the classic fruit, cheese, and nut combination with an easy apple syrup and toasted nut bread.

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 2  cups  apple cider
• 2  teaspoons  chilled butter
• 8  (1-ounce) slices walnut or other nut bread, toasted and halved
• 1/2  pound  Shelburne Farms or other aged cheddar cheese, thinly sliced
• 2  Granny Smith apples, cored and each cut into 16 slices

Preparation

Bring cider to a boil in a large saucepan; cook until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 15 minutes). Remove from heat. Add butter; stir with a whisk until butter melts.

Place 2 bread halves on each of 8 dessert plates. Divide cheese evenly among bread halves. Place 2 apple slices on each bread half. Drizzle 1 tablespoon cider reduction around each serving.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

257 (43% from fat)

Fat:

12.4g (sat 7.2g,mono 3.7g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

9.4g

Carbohydrate:

28g

Fiber:

1.6g

Cholesterol:

32mg

Iron:

0.2mg

Sodium:

305mg

Calcium:

206mg