Apples in Muscat Wine
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 60 min.
This simple recipe combines the apples' fine flavour and the sweet taste of the muscat wine of Beaumes de Venise or any other natural dessert wine.
Not surprisingly the French name of this dish is Pommes au Muscat de Beaumes de Venise.
Ingredients:
- 60 gr (1/4 cup) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 5 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. orange or lemon zest
- 4 large baking apples, any tart apple like Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Granny Smith or Boskoop
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- Pinch of saffron (optional)
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) Beaumes de Venise muscat wine
Preparation:
Preheat oven at 165°C (325°F).
Cream butter, sugar and lemon zest together. Core and peel the top third of the apples. Baste the peeled parts of the apples with the lemon juice to avoid oxidation.
Stuff the empty cores with the butter/sugar mixture. Sprinkle apples with saffron (optional).
Arrange apples in a baking dish so they fit snuggly. Pour the muscat wine around them.
Place the apples in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes or until they are tender but do not fall apart. Baste them frequently with the accumulated juices. Tops should be nicely golden and when pierced with a knife offer no resistance.
Serve on its own or with vanilla ice cream.