Sautéed Apples

This is another recipe from cooking class. It is really simple and makes a good compliment to pork dishes, since apples and pork always go hand in hand.

Ingredients

• 4-5 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 2 Tablespoons sugar

Directions

1. Peel and slice the apples into uniform thin slices.
2. Put the apples into large enough bowl and pour in the sugar
3. Toss the apples with the sugar
4. Heat butter on medium heat over a saute pan.
5. Cook the apples in the butter over high heat until the sugar caramelizes and the apples are tender - roughly 7-10minutes, depending on how many apples you have.

Thoughts:
These apples are quick and simple. This last time I made them, I added in some cinnamon to the apples when the apples were about 80% done. Apparently either cinnamon either burns quickly or exacerbates the effect of heat on apples because the apples went to completely done in a matter of seconds and some pieces burned. The non-burned ones tasted great, so I'm not sure if my course of action for next time should be either to do the cinnamon with the sugar in the beginning or wait until the apples are done cooking. We shall see.