Recipes For Camping: Caramelized Apple With Cheese and Walnuts

Kieran Creevy
September 6, 2022

Credits cover image: Lisa Paarvio

This multifunctional dish inspires outdoor fans - whether for breakfast, as a dessert or just in between! Apples and ricotta are a great sweet and sour combination. The caramel is super easy to prepare at high temperature outdoors, or even prepare at home and take it with you. Our camping recipe is presented by outdoor chef Kieran Creevy.

From now on, the passionate outdoor chef Kieran Creevy presents his favorite recipes on ISPO.com. Sometimes suitable for sports, sometimes as the perfect preparation for your outdoor adventure: With his recipes, you can take your cooking in nature to a new level. The dishes are simple, healthy, and incredibly delicious.

Practical for outdoor: spices from the can provide flavor
Image credit: Lisa Paarvio / Lisa Paarvio

Ingredients for 2 people

1 handful of walnuts (shelled)
½ cup sugar
¼ tsp ginger powder
¼ tsp cardamom
juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon butter
2 apples, cut into thick wedges
½ cup fresh feta cheese curd (if not available, substitute with ricotta)
1 tsp smoked paprika powder

Equipment

Silicone foil (for the caramel) - a silicone mold will do.

Walnuts are quickly roasted in the pan
Image credit: Lisa Paarvio / Lisa Paarvio

Preparation

Toast the walnuts in a dry pan until they just take color, remove from heat and let cool.
Then prepare the caramel. Heat a pan very high. Add the sugar, spices and lime juice. Do not stir, but wait until the sugar begins to melt. Then swirl the pan until all the sugar has melted and turned a golden color.
Remove from heat and pour onto a clean silicone mat (note: keep hands and fingers away from the hot caramel). Let cool completely and then break into shards.
In the same pan, melt the butter, add the apple slices and let them caramelize.
Serve with the walnuts, cheese curds, spiced caramel and edible wildflowers.