Baked apples

Name: Baked apples
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 100g wensleydale with apricots; 75g shelled walnuts, toasted in a dry pan and finely chopped; 6 soft pitted prunes, chopped; 2 tbsp greek yogurt; 8 red eating apples, cored and scored horizontally around the middle (see tip); Vegetable oil for brushing; 40g butter; 2 tbsp demerara sugar; 100ml dessert wine (such as moscatel de Valencia)

By: delicious. food team

Published: 9 Jan 19
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

For a dessert with a difference, we’ve stuffed red apples with a gorgeous combination of wensleydale cheese, walnuts, prunes and Greek yogurt before baking them with sweet dessert wine.

Serves 8
Hands-on time 20 min, oven time 50-60 min

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Ingredients

100g wensleydale with apricots
 75g shelled walnuts, toasted  in a dry pan and finely chopped
 6 soft pitted prunes, chopped
 2 tbsp greek yogurt
 8 red eating apples, cored and scored horizontally around the middle (see tip)
Vegetable oil for brushing
 40g butter
 2 tbsp demerara sugar
 100ml dessert wine (such as moscatel de Valencia)

Method

Heat the oven to 190°C/170°fan/gas 5. Mix the wensleydale, walnuts, prunes and yogurt in a bowl. Spoon the mixture into the apples.
Brush the apples with oil and fit snugly into a baking dish. Dot the butter on top. Sprinkle with the sugar, pour in the wine, cover tightly with foil and bake for 50-60 minutes until tender, basting after 30 minutes.
Serve on warmed plates with some of the buttery cooking juices.

Recipe from December 2018 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 273kcals
Fat: 15.7g (6.2g saturated)
Protein: 5.9g
Carbohydrates: 23.4g (23.4g sugars)
Fibre: 2.7g
Salt: 0.3g

delicious. tips

Stuff the apples the day before, cover and chill until ready to bake.
These cheese-stuffed apples are a halfway house between dessert and a cheese course. We used red dessert apples but if you prefer, use Bramleys, adding 2 tbsp more sugar in step 2. Bramleys break down more quickly so check after 40 minutes.

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