baked apples

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 6 apples
• 100 g almonds
• 100 g raisins
• e.g. maple syrup
• 1 bag(s) of pudding powder (vanilla pudding powder)
• 1 liter of milk
• 40 g sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

super tasty, available as an alkaline variant

Pour a little boiling water over the raisins in a cup until they are covered, and let stand. Prepare the pudding – use one liter of milk, as it should be vanilla sauce. Otherwise, prepare as directed on the package – i.e., take some cold milk, dissolve the powder and sugar in it, bring the milk to a boil, and pour the sugar-powder-milk mixture into the boiling milk. Stir well and remove from the heat. Wash the apples, cut out the cores generously to allow plenty of room for the filling. Chop the almonds yourself or use ground almonds. Drain the raisins, let them drain well, and mix with the chopped almonds. Add a little maple syrup (or liquid honey) until it is easy to knead. Fill the mixture into the apples, pressing firmly in, with a little bit of it; it will be truly delicious. Now place the apples in a casserole dish or other ovenproof container. Pour a little more maple syrup over the apples (it will give a wonderful aroma when it’s done). Then pour about half of the custard into the casserole dish (depending on how much will fit in the dish – be careful, the sauce will start to bubble, don’t overfill it), put it in the oven and bake at 175 degrees Celsius for about 25-35 minutes. You can tell when the apples are ready by looking at the skin; it will then become slightly translucent. Serve the apples with the sauce from the casserole dish and, if needed – if there isn’t enough – pour over the remaining sauce from the pot and enjoy. For a completely basic recipe, don’t use maple syrup (the mixture is easy to shape without maple syrup), and replace the custard in the casserole dish with juice, preferably apple juice, or homemade if you like. There is no sauce with the apples, but it still tastes good.