Baked apples are a wonderful, delicate and very healthy dessert that you can eat at any time of the day. Stuffed with a variety of fillings, these fragrant fruits are a delicious, incomparable dessert.
Baked apple recipes
Regardless of what kind of filling you decide to stuff apples, the first step in preparing this dish is to prepare the fruits themselves. It is best to take apples of approximately the same size and wash them thoroughly. Gently remove the top of the apple using a thin knife or teaspoon. Next, make a depression in it, removing the seeds from the apple. The result should be a "bag" in which you can put the filling.
Prepare one of the suggested fillings. For the cottage cheese filling you will need:
- 150 g of cottage cheese;
- 2 yolks;
- 2 tbsp. Sahara;
- 100 g of raisins;
- 1 tbsp. semolina cereals.
Thoroughly wipe the cottage cheese through a fine sieve or chop with a blender. Pour semolina and sugar into it. Mix everything thoroughly and add egg yolks and thoroughly washed raisins. The prepared filling is enough for stuffing 4 medium-sized apples.
To prepare baked apples stuffed with honey and nut filling, prepare:
- 100 g of walnuts;
- 4 tablespoons of honey.
Chop the nuts thoroughly with a well-sharpened knife or crush. Stir well with melted honey. Put the filling in the prepared apples.
An unusual dessert will turn out if apples are stuffed with a chocolate-nut mixture. To do this, prepare:
- 100 g of walnuts;
- 100 g of white chocolate;
- 100 g of cheese.
Rub the cheese and chocolate on a fine grater. Chop the nuts well. Combine all the ingredients and fill the apples with the filling.
Put apples stuffed in any way in a fireproof dish, on the bottom of which pour a small amount of water. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and bake the fruit for 15-20 minutes. Before removing the apples from the oven, use a toothpick to check their doneness. They should be soft.
Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.
What are the benefits of baked apples
Apples prepared this way are much easier for the body to digest than fresh fruit. They are especially useful for people with digestive problems, constipation or dysbiosis.
Such a dessert is very useful during exacerbations of colds, since baked apples help to quickly get rid of coughs and cure sore throats.
An important fact is that baked apples, despite their amazing taste, are a fairly low-calorie dessert, which means that you can eat it without worrying about your figure.
