Link's Simmered Fruit from Breath of the Wild, Cozy Edition

Let's take a break and make the Simmered Fruit from Breath of the Wild. We're leveling this up obviously, since Link just tosses five apples in a pot and hopes for the best, and we're making something delicious and with a little bit more thought instead. We'll need two Granny Smith apples, two boxes of blackberries, one pint of blueberries, a fourth teaspoon of ground cinnamon mixed with an eighth teaspoon of nutmeg, three tablespoons of sugar to taste, a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice as well as some zest, a teaspoon of vanilla extract mixed with a half teaspoon of almond extract, and two teaspoons of cornstarch mixed with four tablespoons of water. Later on, we'll also use one habanero or scotch bonnet pepper for the Spicy Simmered Fruit variation. For the berries, I picked blackberries because they look the most similar to wild berries. We'll keep these blackberries and blueberries whole, but we'll first let them soak in a bowl with cold water for a bit to remove any debris. We can then chop up our apples. Make sure to keep a small bowl by your station so you don't have to run back and forth to the trash. We've picked Granny Smith because they have a good amount of tartness and we can adjust the amount of sugar that we put in to our own tastes. You can use a more expensive apple like Honeycrisp, but not in this economy. Plus, that would be like making a burger out of Wagyu. The best way to zest your lemon is to get a firm grip on both your lemon and zester, and if you hold the zester upside down, you can actually catch all of the zest rather than having it go all over your counter. You also want to apply very light pressure so that you only get the outer layer of the zest and not the bitter pith. For a teaspoon of lemon juice, I'm just going to cut off the outer end here rather than cut the entire lemon. First, we'll just toss everything in a pot over medium heat. We're stirring gently to coat the fruit as evenly as possible. As it cooks, the natural sugars will start to caramelize which will deepen the flavor. We'll simmer this for about 10 or 15 minutes, just enough time to come through that inventory and get rid of that corack leaf you've been carrying around. And be honest with yourself, you should find beetle and sell that amber you've been hoarding all game. Stir occasionally to make sure nothing burns and that all the flavors meld together. Once the fruit is soft and syrupy but still holding its shape, we can take it off the heat. We'll serve it warm, just as if it came right out of the cooking pot. To serve, you can always eat it straight out of the bowl, just like Link does, but let's try making a good base for it first. After all, we haven't been asleep for 100 years, so we still remember our manners. We'll just mix together three heaping spoonfuls of ricotta and Greek yogurt together, gently folding them, and spoon some of the simmered fruit over that. Simmered fruit is great, but the weather outside is still chilly and I don't have any warm clothes. So let's make the spicy simmered fruit as well. For this, while the fruit is going, we're just going to add in an habanero that we've poked a few holes in. Once the spiciness level is where you want it, toss that pepper out. Now for the spicy simmered fruit, I actually have an idea of how to bring it all together. I'm going to slice a few slices of sourdough, butter them up on one side, and cut up some slices of brie. Place the sourdough butter side out on a warm pan, then layer your brie and then add in some of that spicy simmered fruit as well. We want to let this go for a while on low-ish heat so that the brie can melt, but the sourdough doesn't brown unevenly or too much. Once it's browned on both sides, let's take it off the heat and slice it up. This reminded me of a sort of hot pepper jelly, and it was well worth the ingredients. And time-wise, I did feel as though I was in and out of the kitchen. And there you have it, simmered fruit, but a delicious version with some more practical uses. It's sweet, comforting, and just the thing after a long day of adventuring. And don't forget to save before you do anything dumb. If you enjoyed this video, make sure to subscribe to see more and leave a like if you're feeling it. I'm a new channel, so this really helps me out. I'll see you next time.