This isn't the first time we've made baked apples —we love them! We watched our mothers and grandmothers prepare them, and we learned from their methods. It's no surprise, then, that there are slight or significant variations between recipes.
The baked apples I'm sharing with you today are my grandmother's favorite. The unique thing about them is that, in addition to the usual ingredients—brown sugar, cinnamon, and/or honey—they're sweetened with brandy. In her case, she uses Calvados, a French brandy made by distilling cider. Would you like to try them?
Roasted apples with Calvados
The roasted apples with Calvados that we prepare today are a simple and traditional dessert. An ideal sweet snack to finish the meal at this time of year.
Author Maria
Recipe type: Dessert
Rations: 6
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Ingredients
- 6 pippin apples
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons of Calvados
- 6 teaspoons of honey
- Water
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- We clean the apples and we discourage them. You can do it well with a corer or a small knife, being careful not to go through the apple. We place the apples in a baking dish.
- In a bowl we mix the sugar, the cinnamon, and the Calvados. We fill with the mixture the hole left by the heart of the apples.
- On this mix, we put a teaspoon of honey.
- We pour a little water in the source, a finger approximately and we take to the oven.
- We bake at 190ºC the time it takes for the apples to begin to crack and become tender. In my case it was 30 minutes.
- We take out of the oven and we let them warm or chill to serve.