Cider Sauce Recipe
- 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)
- Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with a sharp knife into a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan. Quarter apples (do not peel or core) and add to vanilla seeds along with pod and remaining ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, 1 hour.
- 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). Serve immediately.
