MARSALA BAKED APPLES

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Filled with raisins and brown sugar and baked in Marsala and cider, these apples make a warming ending to the meal. Accompany them with vanilla ice cream and some purchased almond biscotti.

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups apple cider
1 cup dry Marsala
6 medium Golden Delicious apples
8 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
6 tablespoons golden raisins
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Vanilla ice cream
6 almond biscotti

Steps:

  • Boil cider and Marsala in heavy medium saucepan until reduced to 1 cup, about 20 minutes. (Syrup can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Peel top quarter of each apple. Core apples without cutting through bottom. Place apples in 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish. Spoon 1 tablespoon brown sugar, then 1 tablespoon raisins into each apple.
  • Stir 2 tablespoons brown sugar into syrup. Pour syrup over and around apples. Sprinkle nutmeg over. Place 1/2 tablespoon raisins into each apple.
  • Bake apples until butter melts, about 5 minutes. Cover dish with foil and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking until apples are tender, basting frequently with juices, about 25 minutes longer.
  • Serve apples hot or warm in shallow bowls with ice cream and biscotti.

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