baked apples stuffed with mascarpone

Mission Viejo, CA
Updated on Sep 23, 2011

This is a recipe I got from a Starbucks cookbook

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Ingredients

  • - 4 large cortland, rome or mcintosh apples, about 2 lbs. total
  • - 1/4 cup dried currants
  • - 1/3 cup brandy
  • - 6 oz. mascarpone
  • - 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • - 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed

How To Make baked apples stuffed with mascarpone

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350. Core apples,leaving the bottoms intact. Peel off the skin around the top, leaving two thirds of the apple unpeeled. Use a grapefruit spoon to hollow out about a 1 1/2 inch wide by 2 1/2 inch deep pocket in center of each apple. Put currants and brandy in small pan over low heat. Bring to a simmer and remove form heat. Pour currants and brandy into a small bowl and let cool. When cool, mix in mascarpone, walnuts, and brown sugar. Fill pickets of apples with the stuffing and place apples in shallow baking pan. Add about 1 inch of water. Bake until apples are tender, about 30 minutes. Serve stuffed apples warm or cold. Serves 4 Starbucks

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