By Li Fenghua (Beijing Today)
Updated: 2008-04-17 11:11

Baked apples

Baked apples, a traditional Mexican food, are often served as dessert in Mexican restaurants. Apple orchards flourish in scattered areas of the borderlands, from Arteaga in southeast Coahuila to Velarde in northern New Mexico. The fruit is stuffed with pecans from the same region, baked and lapped with tangy cajeta, a goat’s-milk caramel sauce.Some people prefer to have the apples with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream, honey and Red Hots.

With simple recipes and easily accessible ingredients, it is a popular recipe to cook at home. Add hot, rich baked apples to the menu to give the family big smiles at the dinner table.

Ingredients:

Apples

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 cup chopped pecans

1/4 cup currants or chopped raisins

1 Tbsp butter

3/4 cup boiling water

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 190 C. Core the apples, leaving approximately 1/2 inch at the bottom. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, raisins and pecans. Stuff each apple with this mixture. Top with a dot of butter and wrap in foil. Place the wrapped apple into the oven and cook until the apple is done. Baking time varies by the apple’s size and type, but usually averages 20-30 minutes. Poke the apple with a fork to test if it is done. Multiply by the number of people you wish to serve

Grandma’s Kitche

Where: A11, Xiushui Nan Jie, Chaoyang District

Open: 9 am – 9 pmTel: 6503 2893

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