Baked Apples With Pasta
By: Sarah Donnell
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




1 cup Pasta (pre-cooked to almost the 'al dente' stage)
4 larges cooking Apples
60 grams Butter, softened
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
60 grams Hazelnuts, roasted and chopped
4 Glace Cherries, halved
1/2 cup Sultanas, pre-soaked in a little brandy, if possible
80 grams melted Butter

Preparation

1 Peel and core the apples. Cream together the sugar and the softened butter. 2 Add the pasta, cinnamon, nuts and the cherries. Fill the apples with the mixture and place them close together on a buttered ovenproof dish. Pour the melted butter over the tops of the apples, cover with foil and bake in a moderate oven ( 350F / 180C) for 30 minutes.  3 After 20 minutes baking, remove the foil and sprinkle the tops of the apples with the sultanas and a little more brown sugar. Return to the oven and bake (uncovered) until tender. Serve with cream or ice cream.

About


This recipe is an interesting variation on the usual baked apple.