The Ultimate Guide to Baked Apples

Today we'll be making baked apples at three different levels. We'll also be making persimmon-orange jam and custard to supplement the apples with.

Ingredients needed:
Apples, probably

[Filling]-
25g | 2.5 TBSP of dates
25g | 3 TBSP of cashews
1 TBSP of jam
A dash of nutmeg
A dash of cardamom
A dash of cinnamon
A dash of cloves

★ Level 1 Basic Recipe (4 servings)-
-Preheat your oven to 190°C or 375°F.
-Make a hole in your apple using a knife or an apple corer.
-Prepare a filling for your apple. The options for fillings are endless. We chopped 25g (2.5 TBSP) of dates, 25g (3 TBSP) of cashews and a tablespoon of persimmon-orange jam. Then we added a sprinkle of nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves.
-Fill your apple, place it in an oven safe dish, add a flake of butter on top and bake for 25 minutes.

★ Level 2 Advanced Recipe (4 servings)-
[Quick whipped cream]-
Heavy whipping cream
1 TBSP of sugar
Vanilla flavoring of your choice (optional)

-Add heavy whipping cream to a bowl and mix with a hand mixer or stand mixer at high setting for 30 seconds.
-Add a tablespoon of sugar along with any vanilla flavoring of your choice.
Whisk until stiff (check frequently)

[Custard]-
1 egg yolk
1 TBSP of cornstarch
0.5L | 2 Liquid Cups of milk
2 tsp of sugar
Vanilla flavoring of your choice (optional)

-Add egg yolk and cornstarch to a bowl.
-Measure out milk separately.
-Add 2-3 tablespoons of your milk to your egg-starch mixture and combine with any kind of vanilla flavor.
-Add sugar to a pot and pour your the rest of your milk on top.
-Bring the milk to a boil and while whisking, and then add your egg mixture.
-Continue to boil for another minute and store in the fridge until ready to use.

-Pour custard on and around baked apples from Level 1, add whipped cream on top.

★ Level 3 GOTY Recipe (4 servings)-
[Persimmon-Orange jam]-
4 parts persimmon and orange to 1 part sugar (we used roughly 4 persimmons and 3 oranges (1300g) and 325g of sugar)
If you're using a different fruit for this, consider using pectin sugar if necessary. For more details, visit https://www.kilnerjar.co.uk/acidity-a... .

-Chop your fruits and combine with sugar.
-Boil mixture for about 20 minutes.
-Let mixture cool and puree with a hand mixer or blender (optional)
-Transfer mixture to a jar that's been washed with warm water and turn jar upside down. This disinfects the lid and creates a seal on the jam.
-Let jam cool before using and store in fridge after opening.

[Spiced shortcrust coating]-
100g | 3/4 Cups of flour
37g | 3 TBSP of brown sugar
A pinch of salt
100g | 2/5 Cups of cold cubed butter
1 egg yolk
1 tsp of cinnamon

1-2 cinnamon sticks (optional)

-Combine all ingredients (not the cinnamon sticks) in a bowl and mix with a stand mixer or by hand until dough starts to hold together.

-Preheat the oven to 190°C or 375°F.
-Core, peel and stuff your apples with your desired filling as seen in Level 1.
-Dust work surface with flour and roll out dough to 2mm thickness.
-Wrap your apples in dough
-Place a piece of cinnamon stick in the middle of your apples as decoration (optional)
-Bake for 25-30 minutes and garnish with custard, whipped cream or preferred topping, as seen in Level 2.

★ Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
00:56- Level 1
03:50- Level 2
07:11- Level 3
12:55- Outro

Original recipes:
https://www.lacigale.co.nz/recipes/pe...
https://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/48808...

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