Name: Cameron’s Baked Apple in Filo Crust
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon chopped candied or fresh orange zest (optional); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup finely ground amaretti cookies or macaroons; ⅔ cup almonds, toasted and coarsely ground; 2 large eggs, at room temperature; 2 teaspoons dark rum; ½ cup unsalted butter, melted; Pinch salt; 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; 6 tablespoons sugar; 6 Sierra Beauty, Pippin, or Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored from top to bottom; ½ cup water or brandy

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Mediterranean Kitchen

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

About

Created for one of our Greek menus, this beautiful preparation makes the apples look as if they are wearing classical drapery.

Ingredients

½ cup water or brandy
½ cup raisins

Method

Heat the water or brandy in a small saucepan to simmering. Add the raisins, cover, and let stand about ½ hour.

For the almond filling, beat the butter in a mixer bowl until smooth and creamy. Add ¼ cup sugar and salt and beat until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, then stir in the almonds, cookies, ru

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