Mele Alla Crema Baked Apples With Cream 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.

MELE ALLA CREMA (BAKED APPLES WITH CREAM)

Steps:

• Soak 4 ounces of amaretti cookies in the wine until very soft.
• Meanwhile, dissolve sugar in saucepan over moderate heat, stirring.
• In separate saucepan, heat 1/2 cup heavy cream until it boils. When sugar has dissolved and browned, add boiling cream, mixing well. Scrape down sides and corners of saucepan. Let cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Whip the remaining 1/2 cup cream until firm. Reserve Y of the whipped cream for decorating. Add the rest to the cooled sauce.
• Fill each apple with the soaked amaretti. Put apples in a greased baking dish and add water to a depth of 1/8 inch. Place in the oven and bake about half an hour, until the apples are tender but still firm.
• Remove from the oven and let cool. Arrange the apples in a deep serving dish. Pour cream sauce over them and pipe reserved whipped cream around them. Crumble the remaining amaretti cookies and sprinkle over all.

TORTA MELE ALLA PANNA:APPLE CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together the dry pastry ingredients mix well.
• Cut in the butter until mealy (use pastry cutter or two knives).
• Beat the egg yolk and cream add to the flour mixture, mix well and form a round ball.
• Roll out to about 11x7" rectangle.
• line a pyrex dish with the pastry, bringing the edges up the sides, trim.
• ---------Filling-----------.
• Arrange apples, overlapping on the cake base.
• Beat the eggs and sugar until thick.
• Gradually add the 2 tbsp flour, lemon rind, cream softened cream cheese, raisins, salt and peelBake in moderate oven (350F) 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• Serve room temp with cream (not whipped or serve warm with stiff whipped cream or serve without cream).
• Sprinkle cinnamon on top.