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Ayva (Turkish Baked Apple with Walnut and Currant)

Name: Ayva (Turkish Baked Apple with Walnut and Currant)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Türkiye
Ingredients: large baking apples 4 pieces; walnuts, chopped 150 g; raisins 100 g; ground cinnamon 6 g; butter 60 g; honey 80 g; water 200 ml

Baked apples stuffed with walnuts, currants and cinnamon.

50 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

Baked apples with a nut and dried fruit filling are a winter Ottoman dessert, and the apples are chosen for keeping rather than for eating out of hand. Core them without piercing the base so the filling stays in, and bake until the fruit has collapsed into a dark, almost caramel consistency. Serve warm, though it is also good the next day, cold.

Ingredients

large baking apples4 pieces
walnuts, chopped150 g
raisins100 g
ground cinnamon6 g
butter60 g
honey80 g
water200 ml

Directions

1
Core the apples, leaving the base intact.
2
Mix walnuts, raisins, cinnamon, half the butter and honey; fill the cavities.
3
Bake at 180C for 20 minutes until the apples collapse.
apples are soft and collapsing
4
Baste with the pan juices; return 5 minutes to glaze.

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