Apple carpaccio à la Didi

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 2 apples, red
• 2 tsp Szechuan pepper
• 2 tsp fig mustard
• 4 tsp maple syrup
• lemon juice

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

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Wash the apples and remove the cores. Cut the apples crosswise into wafer-thin slices, e.g., using a slicer or cucumber slicer. Arrange the apple slices in a circle or rectangular shape on one large or four smaller plates previously rubbed with lemon juice, swirling them in a roof-tile pattern, and drizzle with more lemon juice. Crush the Szechuan peppercorns in a mortar and pestle or place them in a pepper mill. Spread a thin layer of fig mustard over the apples, sprinkle with pepper, and then drizzle with maple syrup.