Baked apples
Baked apples are a simple classy dessert. Serve it as it is, drenched with the spiced syrup they are baked in, or accompanied by English custard, cream or gelato.
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 6 apples, Fuji or Gala
- 350 ml (1 1/2 cups) water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 star anise berries
- 2 tablespoons cane sugar
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam
- 2 tablespoons raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 165°C (325 degrees F).
- Rinse the apples and remove the core with a sharp knife or apple corer.
- Arrange the apples in a baking tray where they can sit comfortably.
- Mix the apricot jam with the raisins, and fill the apples with it.
- Add the cinnamon sticks and star anise berries into the tray, then sprinkle the apples with cane sugar. Pour the water into the pan.
- Bake the apples for an hour and a half, then turn off the oven and leave them inside.
- You can serve them immediately, or keep them in the refrigerator for a few days.
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