How to cook baked apples?

Many centuries ago, the breeding of new varieties began with wild sour apples, and today breeders have received more than fifteen thousand varieties that meet the highest quality requirements. Today, each person has his favorite variety of apples. Some of them are ideal for cooking in the oven.

Baked apples not only have excellent taste and flavor, but are also good for health. The most suitable varieties:

• Antonovka.
• Golden
• Grandee.
• Granny Smith.
• Mac.
• Ranetka.
• Simirenko.
• Saffron.

The flesh of these varieties of apples does not become loose when baked. For cooking apple desserts in the oven, choose large, solid, sour green apples with thick rind. Such fruits are much tastier in baked form. Baked poultry should be cooked with green apples. But the soft fruits of red and yellow shades are not very suitable for cooking in the oven.

Apples bake quickly enough. If you do not give them the preparation of proper attention, the fruits can crack, and the juice and pulp will flow out. To avoid such trouble, you can pierce each fruit with a fork in advance. Roasting time depends on the type of fruit, their size, the composition of the filling. Remember that non-stuffed fruits of medium hardness and size will be ready in about half an hour of roasting in an oven heated to 200 ° C.

Please note that fruits of various sizes are better baked at different temperatures. For example, small apples, whose circumference is not more than 22 centimeters, it is better to cook for about 20 minutes at 220 degrees. Average fruits, with a circumference of 23 to 32 centimeters, are baked for 25 minutes at 200 degrees. Large apples, with a circumference of more than 32 centimeters, will be ready in 30 minutes at 180 degrees. Compliance with these simple rules will allow the apples to bake completely and prevent their skin from burning.

The situation is somewhat different with apples baked in foil. This dessert tastes much more tender, the skin is almost not felt. The cooking time also varies according to the size of the fruit.

To make baked apples in the classic way, you first need to wash them thoroughly. If there is wax on the surface, remove it with a sponge. Then it is necessary to cut the remains of the receptacle, the stem and seeds. To remove the core, use a notching knife or a regular small table knife. After that you should do the following:

• In a special heat-resistant form, baking sheet or pan pour water so that the liquid completely covers the bottom of the tank.
• Fold the apples into the container.
• Place funnels from the cut-out cores upwards.
• Pour sugar, honey or raisins into the grooves (optional). You can, for example, dip a cube of refined sugar into cinnamon and put it in a funnel.
• Put the container in the oven, preheated to the desired, depending on the size of the fruit, temperature.
• Remove and cool. The finished dish gets a pleasant amber shade, apple peel browns.

Baking apples in foil allows you to make them much softer and does not allow the juice to flow out. To make fruit in this way, you need:

• Prepare the fruit, washing them, and completely remove the seeds and receptacle.
• Put sugar or other additives in the dimples to taste.
• Wrap in foil.
• Put the fruit in the container for baking, moreover, it should be ensured that the grooves from the cut cores remain at the top.
• Leave the apples to bake until done.
• Take out the fruit, wait for it to cool and carefully remove the foil.

Cutting apples can be more non-standard ways. Some alternative methods of cutting fruit:

• Cut the apple in half lengthwise, cut out the seeds and some pulp and add the stuffing inside the halves.
• Cut the fruit into slices and lay them in rows on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, sprinkle them with sugar and pour some water.
• Cut into narrow plates across and place the filling in a thin layer between them, “gathering” the fruit in its original form.
• Across the top of the apple and tail. Cut the core and put in the formed funnel filling, then cover the fruit with a cut "lid."

For the preparation of baked apples, you can use a variety of different ingredients and fillings that complement and emphasize their taste.

This dessert is so nice to eat in rainy autumn weather or a cozy winter evening. To cook this dish you will need:

• 6 apples;
• 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon;
• 6 teaspoons of honey;
• 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar.

Fruits should be washed and wiped dry with a towel, then remove the core, leaving a sufficiently thick layer of pulp on the bottom. At the top of the fruit with a vegetable peeler, remove two curls of the rind in a spiral. After that, you need to mix the sugar with cinnamon and immerse each fruit in the upper part of the mixture, where a piece of peel was cut before, put in the funnels with one spoonful of honey. Pour four tablespoons of cool boiled water into a baking sheet, then add apples into it and leave them for 25-30 minutes at 200 ° C to bake on a grid that is at an average level.

This diet delicacy, supplemented with dried fruits, will appeal to both adults and children. Doctors advise to add this dish to the menu of people with pathologies of the heart, blood vessels and the gastrointestinal tract. The following set of ingredients will be required:

• 100 grams of cottage cheese;
• 1 tablespoon sour cream;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• 2 tablespoons raisins or finely chopped dried apricots.

First you need to mix the sugar with cottage cheese, sour cream and dried fruit. After removing the core, it is necessary to fill the groove with the resulting filling.

Berries perfectly complement the taste of apple pulp, and cream makes the dessert more tender. Ingredients:

• 4 apples;
• a glass of raspberry, currant or strawberry;
• half a cup of cream with a fat content of at least 33%;
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice;
• 3 teaspoons of sugar.

First you need to cut the upper parts of the fruit, then cut the flesh, leaving a wall half a centimeter wide. After that, the apple pulp should be whipped with a mixer with lemon juice, cream and sugar. The whipped mass should be mixed with berries, filled with creamy-berry mixture, then they should be folded into a form covered with parchment paper, sprinkled with sugar on top, and then cook at 170 ° C for 15-20 minutes.

In order to prepare this original dessert you will need:

• 4 apples;
• 2 oranges;
• 4 tablespoons of citrus confiture;
• 60 grams of finely chopped pistachios;
• 150 ml of white wine;
• 80 ml of calvados;
• 4 tablespoons grated almonds.

Apples need to cut the seeds, forming a funnel with a knife. Oranges should be cleaned and divided into slices, then grind and mix with citrus confiture and calvados, then distribute in the funnels. Next, you need to put the apples on a baking sheet, sprinkled them with almond chips, and bake at 200 ° C for 20 minutes. Pour the baked fruit with wine and leave in the cooling oven for another four minutes.

For the preparation of roasted slices of wine and red currants will need following components:

• 4 apples;
• half a cup of granulated sugar;
• one and a half cup red currant;
• 150 ml of dry red wine;
• tablespoon of granulated sugar.

In the berries you need to pour 50 ml of water and boil for three minutes, then wipe with a sieve. In the resulting currant mass should pour wine and sugar, then bring to a boil. Syrup is ready. Remove the seeds from the fruit and cut them into slices, then fold them in rows on a baking sheet, pour half of the berry syrup and sprinkle with sugar. On a baking tray with slices, you must put a sheet of parchment and put it in the oven for 15 minutes at 180 ° C. After that, you need to remove the paper, pour the second half of the berry syrup and cook another 10-15 minutes.

Vanilla will give apples an amazing, delicate flavor and add original flavor notes. Ingredients:

• 4 apples
• 350 ml of milk;
• 3 yolks;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar;
• 1 tablespoon of starch;
• vanilla pod;
• 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon;
• half a cup of granulated sugar;
• a glass of apple juice.

First, you should make a vanilla sauce, combining yolks, starch, granulated sugar, then a thin stream, stirring the resulting mass, pour in the milk until it becomes homogeneous and does not acquire the consistency of the paste. Then you need to scrape a vanilla pod with a knife, then add it to the mixture. The remaining milk should be poured into a saucepan, stir in the yolks and vanilla paste, then bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. If the sauce turns out to be too thick, you can pour a little more milk into it. Cook the sauce over low heat until thick. After that, you need to get the vanilla pod, slightly cool the mixture and put in the refrigerator. The cooled sauce can be lightly whipped with a mixer or a whisk.

Fruits should be washed, wiped dry and remove the middle, and then placed in a container for baking. Sugar should be mixed with cinnamon and sprinkle the fruit with this mixture. The juice should be poured into the form so that the liquid level does not exceed two centimeters. Apples should be left in the oven heated to 180 ° C for 45-55 minutes.

For this unusual delicacy you will need:

• 6 apples
• a tablespoon of rice cereal;
• 2 tablespoons of hot milk;
• tablespoon finely chopped prunes;
• 3 teaspoons cream cheese;
• 2 teaspoons of boiled condensed milk;
• 4 teaspoons finely chopped almonds.

Rice flakes should be poured into a deep bowl, soaked in milk and left to swell under a lid for three minutes. Apples should be divided in half, form a depression in each half and put them on a baking sheet greased with vegetable or butter. Grated apple flesh, prunes and nuts should be mixed with swollen flakes, boiled and cheese. Stir the mass until it becomes completely homogeneous, after which it is necessary to distribute it into half of the apples. At 180 ° C, the apples will bake after 15 minutes.

To make chocolate and apple boats you will need:

• 3 apples;
• 1 tsp. cocoa;
• 3 teaspoons grated chocolate;
• 100 ml of hot milk;
• 1 teaspoon of starch;
• 1 egg yolk;
• a third teaspoon ground cinnamon;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar;
• 30 grams of butter.

Fruits need to be cut longitudinally into equal "boats", then cut the seeds and partitions, place the apple halves on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 200 ° C. While the "boats" are baked, the starch should be mixed with cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon and yolk, then pour the milk. After that, add the oil and bring the liquid to a boil. After the specified time, apple halves must be removed from the oven. Fill each of them with stuffing, put in the oven for another ten minutes. Decorate cooled boats with chocolate chips.

This dessert will be a real decoration of the holiday table, for its preparation you will need:

• 6 apples;
• 0.5 kg puff pastry without the addition of yeast;
• half a liter of boiled water;
• 1.5 cups of sugar;
• 3-4 sprigs of carnations.

Apples need to remove the seeds and cut them into slices as thin as possible. Dissolve sugar in boiling water, put a clove and boil apple “petals” in the syrup for about 5 minutes, then fold them into a colander. Pre-thawed puff pastry should be rolled out thinly and cut into strips 4 centimeters wide. All strips must be laid across the segments so that exactly half of the strip remains closed. Then you should carefully roll all the strips into a roll, forming roses from them. The resulting buds put in a form covered with parchment paper and bake at 180 ° C in an oven for 20-25 minutes.

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