Baked Apples With Chopped Hazelnuts Food

BAKED APPLES RECIPE (TWO WAYS)

Steps:

• Heat the oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and adjust a rack in the center
• Make the cinnamon and brown sugar mixture. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, nuts, raisins or dried fruit of your choice. Add the cinnamon and cardamom. Mix well.

HASSELBACK CINNAMON SUGAR BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a small baking dish with parchment paper.
• Place an apple half rounded-side up on a cutting board. Starting at the outermost edge, slice down most of the way (but not all the way) through each half at 1/8-inch intervals, creating fan-like slices all the way across the apple. You can place wooden chopsticks on each side of the apple to act as guardrails to make sure your knife doesn't cut all the way through.
• Arrange the sliced apple halves flat side-down in the prepared baking dish. Use a pastry brush to baste the bottoms, tops and between the slices of the apples with the melted butter. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle all over the apples and into the slits. Bake on the center rack until the apples are tender and lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

BAKED APPLES (WITH CHOPPED HAZELNUTS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C ( 350°F ).
• Core the apples, using an apple corer. If you dont have a corer, use a sharp knife leaving a wider opening at the top than at the bottom. There is no need to remove the apple skins.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the sugar, butter, hazelnuts, raisins, cinnamon and zest.
• Stuff the apples firmly with the fruit mixture. Pack the apples as much as possible and then pile any leftover mix into mounds on top of the apples.
• Place the apples into a baking dish, casserole or cake tin. Use a dish that fits them as snugly as possible-this will stop them from falling over. I usually use a pyrex pie/tart baking dish.
• Spoon 1 teaspoon of honey/syrup over each apple. I usually just guess the amount for each apple and use a pouring top bottle of honey. Pour the water into the bottom of the dish.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until the apples are soft.
• Serve drizzled with any syrup remaining in the bottom of the dish.
• Serve with cream, ice-cream or custard if desired.

BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl combine raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, brown sugar, lemon juice and zest. Stuff apples with mixture and place in small baking dish. Add 1/2 cup cider or water and bake for 30 minutes or until tender.

BAKED APPLES STUFFED WITH FIGS AND HAZELNUTS

Steps:

• Take cores out of apples.
• Chop figs and hazelnuts.
• Add grated lemon rind, sugar and cinnamon.
• Add 1 tbs juice from the lemon.
• Press fig mixture into apples.
• Spoon 2 tbs lemon juice over the apples.
• Bake at 180 C for 15 minutes.

GORGONZOLA BAKED APPLES WITH BALSAMIC SYRUP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Stuff apples with mixture and place in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until apples are tender., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring vinegar to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 1/3 cup. Drizzle over apples.