We love Autumn, and to celebrate we've been baking apples all week. Our Kids Simple Suppers class and Back In The Kitchen over 55's have tested several recipes and the winner is.......
Middle Eastern-style spiced baked apples
4 large apples
45g unsalted butter, softened
75g nuts (eg cashew, almonds, pistachio)
100g dried fruit (eg apricots, raisins, dates)
50g pomegranate seeds
2 tsp cinnamon
80g muscovado sugar
1 tbs pomegranate molasses
½ tsp rosewater
1 tsp lemon zest
- Preheat the oven to 180c
- Core the apples from the stalk end down, making sure that every last trace of core & pips has been removed, but carefully enough not to pierce through the bottom of the apple
- Chop the nuts. The best way to do this is to put the nuts in an ‘envelope’ of greaseproof paper and bash them gently with a rolling pin. In this way the nuts won’t scatter all over the place. Don’t chop them too fine.
- Chop the fruit to the size of the dried fruit in a fruit cake
- Mix the fruit and nuts together with the butter, sugar, cinnamon and pomegranate seeds. Add the molasses, rosewater & lemon zest. Mix thoroughly
- Fill each apple with the mixture, pressing it well into the cavity
- Place on a baking tray and cover with foil
- Bake for 45 minutes
- Serve with pouring cream or home-made custard or even a scoop of vanilla ice cream if you enjoy the hot/cold thing
We're also celebrating Autumn with a very special offer. We invite you to bring a friend for free and hope you'll take this opportunity to join us and to introduce some new people to our Masterclasses.
**** Autumn Offer - Bring a Friend For Free ****