Baked Apple Recipe
This easy baked apple recipe makes a perfect winter pudding. It is actually a traditional German Christmas recipe combining late autumn whole apples with seasonal cranberries, marzipan and a redcurrant jelly glaze. Served with a cinnamon spiced cream, this would be an excellent, simple dessert course for a festive Christmas Dinner.
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Baked Apples with Marzipan and Cranberries
INGREDIENTS
SERVES 4
4 large apples
3 tablespoons redcurrant jelly
3oz (75g) fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
4oz (100g) pack marzipan, chopped
To Serve
4oz (125g) curd cheese
½cup (140ml) whipping cream
1 tablespoon caster (extra fine) sugar
½teaspoon ground cinnamon
Tip
Although this baked apple recipe calls for Quark, you can substitute ricotta or cream cheese if you prefer.
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 340F, 170C, gas mark 3.
- Using an apple corer, remove the core from each apple. Insert the corer 3 or 4 times more to make a larger hole.
- Using the tip of a sharp knife, score the skin around the middle of the apples (this will help them to keep their shape).
- Put the redcurrant jelly into a pan and heat gently over a low heat until runny. Add the cranberries and stir through the glaze for about a minute, just enough to soften, but not cook them. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Stand the apples upright in a lightly buttered baking dish.
- Press a little of the marzipan into the center of each apple and then spoon in a little of the cranberries. Repeat this process until each apple is filled. Finish with the remainder of the cranberries and glaze over the top of the apples.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, basting the apples with the juices every 15 minutes. The apples should be soft in the center with lightly wrinkled skins.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool, spooning the glaze over the apples once or twice.
- Beat together the Quark, cream, sugar and cinnamon.
- Serve the warm apples with a little of the cream alongside.
This baked apple recipe is supplied by CMA, the organization responsible for the generic marketing and promotion German Food and Drink Products. You can obtain more German Recipe ideas at www.germanfoods.co.uk
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