Aged Cheddar with Apple Wedges and Cider Reduction

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

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Total Preparation Time: Less than 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Actual Cooking Time: Less than 15 minutes
Number of Servings: 8
Origin: American
Special Features: Quick to Prepare (under 30 minutes)
Simple (6 ingredients or less)
Vegetarian
Meal Type: Appetizers
Snack
Dessert

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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.

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