Good Morning!

I woke up today and thought what a great morning for a warm bowl of oatmeal. When I was in Quebec City I enjoyed oatmeal drizzled with Canadian Maple Syrup on most mornings. This morning I decided to make an apple, dried cranberry and raisin saute to go along with my oatmeal. Here is my recipe:

For the Oatmeal:
1 3/4 cup whole milk
pinch of salt
1 cup rolled oats (if using steel cut oats please follow manufacturer's recipe)

Bring milk and salt to just under a boil and then stir in the oats. Cook about five minutes over medium heat, stirring occassionally.

For the apple saute:
1 tbls unsalted butter
3 Macintosh apples, peeled, cored and cut 1/4"slices
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup golden raisins
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 tbls sugar
pinch of salt
once around the pan with dry vermouth
once around the pan with cranberry juice or apple cider, whichever you have on hand

In a saute pan, melt the butter and add the apples. Cook for about five minutes until slightly tender. Add the cranberries, raisins, sugar, salt and spices. Let things begin to caramelize. Go once around the pan with the vermouth. If using a gas stove, you may want to move the pan away from the heat when adding the vermouth. Cook all the alcohol out, about three minutes and then add the cranberry juice. Let cook for about ten minutes. You want the apples to still have a little bite to them.
Divide the oatmeal into two bowls and top the both with the apple saute. Drizzle each with good quality maple syrup and enjoy.