Thursday, February 23, 2012

Crunchy Apple


Ingredients
  • 1 large cooking apple
  • 2 teaspoons chopped hazelnuts
  • 3 teaspoons golden raisins
  • 1 teaspoon clear honey
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon butter or margarine, softened
Directions
Rinse apple under cold running water and remove core. Cut the skin in a line around the middle of the apple using a sharp knife. Switch oven to 400 degrees F. Put nuts, golden raisins, honey and 2 tablespoons of cream into small bowl. Mix well. Put butter or margarine into the mini Dutch oven and spread over bottom and side with a pastry brush. Stand the apple in the small pot and fill centertop with nut and raisin mixture. Cover with lid.
Carefully put the mini Dutch oven in the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile, pour rest of cream into a mixing bowl and whip until stiff with a hand whisk. Switch off oven and take out dish of apple. Stand on heatproof pad. Transfer apple crunchy onto a plate then top with whipped cream.