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Baked Apples with Cranberries
Preheat the oven at 200° C. (400° F.)
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: About 1 hour
Cost: Economical
Difficulty: Very easy
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: About 1 hour
Cost: Economical
Difficulty: Very easy
Cooking tip
"This dessert, full of both warm colours and autumn flavours, is easy to make. Use large apples that are naturally sweet and which will retain their shape and firm texture during cooking. I suggest Rome or Golden Delicious."
Ingredients for 4 people
- 4 large apples
- 500 ml fresh cranberries
- 65 ml packed brown sugar
- The juice of 2 oranges
- The zest of 1 orange
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 2 tablespoons sweet butter
- Sweetened whipped cream or ice cream (optional)
Method
- Divide the orange zest in two parts and finely chop half of it; blanch the grated zest for 10 minutes in 500 ml boiling water; drain and set aside;
- cut off the top of each apple; remove the stem from the top, leaving a hole wide enough to accommodate a cinnamon stick; set aside;
- remove the core and a little of the flesh from each apple using a small melon baller so that you create a cavity in each apple;
- place the hollowed apples in a baking dish; evenly divide 250 ml of the cranberries, the chopped zest, the juice of one orange, 2 tbsp. brown sugar and 1 tbsp butter amongst the apples; replace the tops on the apples, sticking a cinnamon stick through each hole and into the stuffing;
- divide the remaining ingredients in the baking dish around the apples;
- place in a preheated 200° C (400° F) oven and bake for 30-40 minutes or until the apples are cooked. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
Presentation
- Place each apple in the middle of a nice large round plate; arrange some of the sauce around it (the mixture from the bottom of the baking dish);
- garnish, if you wish, with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream on the side.
