Andreas Viestad

Baked Apples with Lingonberries

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Kitchen of Light: New Scandinavian Cooking
Kitchen of Light

By Andreas Viestad

Published 2003

  • About

THIS IS A LOVELY, SLIGHTLY TART DESSERT THAT WILL HELP PICK YOU UP AFTER DINNER. SIMPLE TO MAKE, IT CAN BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE, AND IT CAN BE SERVED WITH NOTHING BUT ITS OWN SYRUPY COOKING JUICES AND, PERHAPS, SOME WHIPPED CREAM.

Ingredients

  • 4 sweet apples, such as Golden Delicious
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 6 tablespoons superfine sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Remove the core from each apple without cutting all the way through, forming a hollow ⅔ inch to 1 inch in diameter. Remove the peel from the upper quarter of each apple. (If you are preparing the apples in advance, brush them with lemon juice to prevent