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Baked Apples Stuffed With Mascarpone And Cherries

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Grains, Dairy	Chicago	Fruits/dess, Nuts/desser	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Baking apples, Pippen or
		Rome Beauty or Cortland
1/4	c	Hot water
2	c	Zinfandel
1/2	c	Dried tart cherries
1/2	c	Sargento Ricotta or
		Mascarpone cheese
3	oz	Neufchatel cheese
1 1/2	t	Grated lemon rind
1/4	t	Salt
1 1/2	T	Sugar
		Spiced Pecans, see recipe

INSTRUCTIONS

1997    
Slice 1/2-inch piece off top of Each apple; reserve. Core apples using
small melon baller; discard core. Peel upper one-fourth of each apple;
place in shallow baking dish just large enough to hold apples. Replace
apple tops and pour 1/4 cup hot water around apples. Bake at 350Ã¸F 45
minutes, basting occasionally, or until apples are tender but still
hold their shape. In saucepan, heat wine and cherries to simmer. Turn
off heat; let stand 30 minutes to plump cherries. Strain cherries;
reserve both cherries and wine separately. In medium Mixing bowl, mix
cherries, Ricotta, Neufchatel, lemon rind and salt; set aside. In
small saucepan, heat wine and sugar to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer
until wine is reduced to 1 cup. Cool slightly; keep warm until  serving
time. Remove apples from oven; let cool 15 minutes. Remove  and set
aside apple tops. Carefully fill cavity of each apple with  one-fourth
of cheese mixture, mounding it on the apple tops. Replace  apple tops.
Return to oven briefly to rewarm, if desired. Transfer  arm apples to
serving plates, sprinkle with Spiced Pecans and pour  sauce around and
over them. 4 servings. Source: Zinfandel Restaurant  ~ Chicago IL
OriginalRecipe: Baked Apples Stuffed with Mascarpone,  Dried Cherries
and Spiced Pecans Downloaded from  http://www.roa.com/index.html,
Recipes of America, Milwaukee PBS  MCBuster formatted by Gail Shermeyer
<4paws@netrax.net> on Mar 25,  Recipe by:
http://www.roa.com/index.html, Recipes of America  Posted to EAT-L
Digest  by Bob & Carole Walberg  <walbergr@MB.SYMPATICO.CA> on Dec 1,
1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 83 Calories From Fat: 43 Total Fat: 4.9g Cholesterol: 15.7mg Sodium: 219mg Potassium: 64.4mg Carbohydrates: 8.3g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 7.8g Protein: 2.2g