Baked apples with marzipan

Name: Baked apples with marzipan (Bratapfel mit Rosinen-Marzipanfüllung)
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 5 ml/1 tsp raisins; 10 ml/2 tsp brandy; 4 large, crisp eating apples, such as Braeburn; 4 large, crisp eating apples, such as Braeburn; 75 g/3 oz marzipan, chopped; juice of ½ lemon; 20 g/¾ oz/¼ cup chopped pistachio nuts

Bratapfel mit Rosinen-Marzipanfüllung

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Germany

By Mirko Trenkner

Published 2009

About

This is a traditional recipe for the winter, when apples were once the only fresh fruits available and cooks needed to be really creative to find different ways to serve them. It’s a comforting hot dessert: when you eat it you won’t mind at all that the range of local fruit is so small at this time of year.

Ingredients

5 ml/1 tsp raisins
10 ml/2 tsp

Europe
Germany
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3. Soak the raisins in the brandy for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, core the apples. Cut a small slice off the bottom of each one, if necessary, so that they will stand up. Score the skin around the apple in three places to prevent i