Baked Apples With Honey and Apricot
Baked apples are a humble dessert, but these have a certain elegance. Stuffed with dried apricots and raisins, glazed with honey and apricot jam, and served with crème fraîche, they are delicious warm or at room temperature.
- Total:
- Serves: 6 persons
Ingredients
- 6baking apples, such as Winesap, Braeburn, Gala or Fuji
- 4tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½cup diced dried apricots
- ½cup golden raisins
- ½cup honey
- 6teaspoons apricot jam, plus more for optional glazing
- ½cup white wine or apple juice
- ½cup toasted flaked almonds, for garnish (optional)
- Crème fraîche, for serving
Instructions
Step 1
Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Peel apples and remove core with a small spoon or melon baller. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown apples on all sides, then place them in a baking dish just large enough to hold them.Step 2
Spoon an equal amount of diced apricots and raisins into the cavity of each apple. Add 1 teaspoon honey, 1 teaspoon apricot jam and 1 teaspoon butter to each apple. Drizzle remaining honey evenly over apples. Pour wine or apple juice into the bottom of the dish.Step 3
Bake uncovered until the apples are golden and easily pierced with a fork, about 45 minutes. Every 10 minutes or so, baste apples with pan juices.Step 4
Pour remaining juices into a small saucepan, and simmer over medium heat until it reduces, about 7 minutes. Spoon reduced juices over apples. If desired, paint apples with a little warmed apricot jam. Serve warm or at room temperature. Just before serving, sprinkle apples with toasted flaked almonds, if using. Give each apple a dollop of crème fraîche.