Baked Apples with Mincemeat, Cherries, and Walnuts |
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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You'll find mincemeat in the canned fruit section of some supermarkets. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream. Ingredients:
1 25.4-ounce bottle sparkling apple cider |
1/4 cup red currant jelly |
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter |
4 large fuji apples (about 9 ounces each) |
3/4 cup purchased mincemeat with rum and brandy |
1/4 cup chopped walnuts |
1/4 cup dried tart cherries |
1 tablespoon chopped crystallized ginger |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Boil first 3 ingredients in large skillet until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 12 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, cut cone-shaped piece from stem end of each apple, 2 inches wide at top and 1 inch deep. Using melon baller, core, leaving bottom intact. Turn apple on its side. Starting halfway down, make 1/4-inch-deep slit all around. Mix mincemeat, walnuts, cherries, and crystallized ginger in small bowl; spoon into apples, mounding in center.
3. Arrange apples in 11x7x2-inch baking dish. Spoon cider mixture over and around. Bake until apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Serve in shallow bowls.
4. Nutritional analysis per serving: 460 calories, 10.8 g fat (3.8 g saturated fat), 15.0 mg cholesterol, 90.5 g carbs, 4.3 g dietary fiber, 50.1 g total sugars, 86.2 g net carbs, 3.0 g protein Nutritional analysis provided by Self
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