Baked Apples
2011 will be remembered for many things - one of which is the brilliant crop of enormous, crisp apples. My trees are laden with them. The following is a simple autumnal dessert.
A tip before you start
To avoid the apples bursting, score a line just through the apple skin two thirds the way around - this will stop them from exploding in the oven as they expand during cooking.
A tip before you start
To avoid the apples bursting, score a line just through the apple skin two thirds the way around - this will stop them from exploding in the oven as they expand during cooking.
- 4 medium cooking apples
- 75g soft butter
- 75g brown sugar
- Grated zest of a lemon and juice of half a lemon
- 100g sultanas
- Preheat the oven to 180c
- Core the apples and score with a sharp knife as mentioned above.
- Mix the rest of the ingredients together and fill the cavities of the apples, piling it up on top of the apples.
- Bake in a buttered oven proof dish in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes
- Spoon the remaining syrup over the apples and serve with custard or cream.
Labels: Dessert
