Baked Apples With Spiced Ricotta And Maple Syrup Food

BAKED APPLES WITH RICOTTA CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400F.
• Carefully, cut off the top of each apple. With a small knife or a potato peeler, cut out the core scooping out all the seeds. If needed, cut small pieces from the bottom of the apples to level them out. Pierce the apples with a fork in a few places to prevent them from bursting during baking.
• In a mixing bowl, add ¼ cup of honey, lemon juice, and water. Mix to combine.
• Place the apples in a square baking dish. Pour the honey mixture over the apples. Place the apple tops on the apples. Place the anise star, whole cloves and cinnamon sticks on the bottom of the dish.
• Bake the apples until a paring knife easily slips into the centers for about 40 to 45 minutes. Baking time will depend on the apple variety so check the apples every once in a while to make sure they don't over-bake.
• In the meantime, place the ricotta cheese and 1 tablespoon of honey into a small bowl and mix.
• Once the apples are done, remove them from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes. When cool enough to handle, transfer the apples onto plates. Open the lids and fill the center of each apple with ricotta cheese, about ¼ cup of ricotta cheese per apple. Sprinkle the apples with allspice and drizzle with pan juices, about 1 tablespoon per apple.
• Place the apple tops back on the apples and serve.

SAUTEED MAPLE SYRUP APPLES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add apples; cook, turning once, until golden brown, about 5 minutes total. Stir in syrup and salt; reduce heat to low. Simmer until apples are soft, about 5 minutes. Serve warm.

BAKED APPLES IN MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Core apples, remove seeds, peel away a bit of skin, and stuff with currants.
• Set in oven-proof baking dish.
• Combine lemon and apple juice with spices and maple syrup and pour over apples.
• Bake uncovered for about 45 minutes, basting often.
• Serve warm.

BAKED APPLES WITH SPICED RICOTTA AND MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Peel about 1 inch of skin from tops of apples; cut a sliver off the bottom so apples will stand. Place them in a 9-inch glass pie plate. Cut 1 tablespoon of butter into 4 pieces; fill each apple core with a piece of butter, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, 1/8 teaspoon ginger, and 1 cinnamon stick. Place remaining 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons syrup in bottom of pie plate.
• Bake apples, basting several times with pan juices, until they are golden and tender, about 35 minutes (the skin may split). Transfer apples to a serving dish; let baking juices stand to thicken, about 15 minutes.
• Puree ricotta, confectioners' sugar, remaining 1/2 teaspoon ginger, cinnamon, and cream in a food processor. Serve 2 heaping tablespoons of ricotta cream with each apple, and drizzle with the warm syrup.

BAKED PORK CHOPS WITH APPLES & SPICED MAPLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in spice rub together and sprinkle over chops top and bottom.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Spray an oven proof, non-stick skillet with lid with cooking spray.
• Brown chops 3 minutes per side on medium high heat, uncovered. Remove from skillet and set aside.
• Add apples and onions to skillet and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until they start to brown.
• Place chops over apple/onion mixture.
• Pour in chicken broth, cover and cook about 20 minutes. The pork chops should reach 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Take the chops out of the oven and let stand for 10 minutes to completely cook the chops and not dry them out.
• After taking chops out of oven combine spiced maple sauce ingredients in a small sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until mixture reduces to desired consistency. We like ours thin, so we only cooked about two minutes.
• Pour sauce over chops and apples. Enjoy.

BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Ask a grown-up to turn the oven on to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Sit each apple on the worktop and push the apple corer into the centre of each one (or ask a grown-up to do this for you).
• Mix the sultanas, muscovado sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Stand up the apples, side by side, in a baking dish. Using your fingers, push a little bit of the sultana mixture into each apple, using up all the mixture between them.
• Add a blob of butter to the top of each and sprinkle over the demerara sugar. Ask a grown-up to put the dish in the oven for 20 mins or until the apples are cooked through.

BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Scoop out the core from top of the apple, leaving a well. Do not cut all the way through. Stuff each apple with 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter. Place in a shallow baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, until sugar begins to caramelize and apples are tender.

SPICED BAKED APPLES WITH MAPLE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a small cake or baking pan. Use a vegetable peeler to peel a strip of skin from around stem of each apple. Use a melon baller or grapefruit spoon to scoop out core of each apple, leaving at least 1/4 inch at base. Stand apples in pan and use a paring knife to make 6 vertical cuts surrounding cavity, being sure not to pierce through bottom of apple.
• Place 1 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon maple syrup into cavity of each apple. Mix together brown sugar, pecans and raisins, and stuff 1/4 of this mixture into each apple. Pour remaining maple syrup and the wine into bottom of pan, and add cardamom, cloves, ginger and cinnamon.
• Bake apples, basting with liquid in pan every 5 to 7 minutes, until tender yet not collapsed, 45 minutes to an hour. Serve warm or at room temperature, with custard if desired.