Baked Apples with Cinnamon and Nuts

Name: Baked Apples with Cinnamon and Nuts (Pechjonye Jabloki s Koricej i Orehami)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 4 large, firm apples; vanilla ice cream, to serve; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter; 90 ml/6 tbsp blanched almonds or hazelnuts; 90 ml/6 tbsp blanched almonds or hazelnuts; 30 ml/2 tbsp sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon

Pechjonye Jabloki s Koricej i Orehami

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

Cream cake may be one of the most popular desserts in Russia, but health conscious young Russians of today appreciate lighter desserts and are as happy to serve baked apples – another old traditional Russian classic dessert.

Ingredients

4 large, firm apples
15 g/½ oz/1 tbsp

Europe
Russia
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Very low sodium
Low sodium

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas 7. To make the filling, melt the butter. Grind or finely chop the almonds or hazelnuts and put in a bowl. Add the sugar, cinnamon and melted butter and mix together.

Energy 294kcal/1229kJ; Protein 5.3g; Carbohydrate 22.8g, of which sugars 22.2g; Fat 20.9g, of which saturates 6.2g; Cholesterol 21mg; Calcium 66mg; Fibre 4.1g; Sodium 67mg.