Stuffed Baked Apples (Mele Alla Noce Di Cooco)
Created by Tisme on March 31, 2015
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #18303
Ingredients
- 2 ripe (3/4 pound) bananas (mashed)
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 8 to 10 Dutch toasts
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons rum
- 2 pounds apples (6 Dessert or Cooking Apples)
- 65 grams butter (2 1/2 oz, melted)
- 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
- 2 tablespoons dry white wine
- Raspberry Jam or Jelly (to decorate)
How to Make
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Step 1: Firstly prepare the stuffing place the mashed bananas in a bowl with the sugar and then crumble in 4 of the toast biscuits. Add the honey and rum and mix really well.
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Step 2: Peel the apples and remove the cores, leaving the apple whole. Brush the inside apples with just a little of the butter and fill them with the stuffing.
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Step 3: Crumble the rest of the toasts and mix with the coconut. Brush the outside of the apples with a little more butter and cover/coat or roll the apples in the toast/coconut mixture.
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Step 4: Brush a deep baking pan with the remainder of the butter. Put in the apples, close together. Pour in 2-3 tablespoons of water with the wine and put in a moderate oven 180c for 30 minutes, or until the apples are cooked.
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Step 5: Tope each apple with a teaspoon of jam/jelly and cool just slightly before serving.
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Step 6: Serve with ice-cream if desired.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (237.2 g)
- Calories 421.4
- Total Fat - 12.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.8 g
- Cholesterol - 23.3 mg
- Sodium - 78.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 73 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.9 g
- Sugars - 26.5 g
- Protein - 7 g
- Calcium - 428.7 mg
- Iron - 28.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 8.3 mg
- Thiamin - 2.3 mg