Cameron’s Baked Apple in Filo Crust

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

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

Europe
Greece
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

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