Meal Type:

Total Time: 0 min.

Cook Method: Stove

Cuisine: Cuban

     Serving Size: 4 1 2 4 8 16 - Change

Date Added: November 20, 2021

Delicious as a dessert or a side dish with chicken or pork..Serve these tender apples with a sweet-tart filling alongside roasted turkey or pork, a delicious pairing with the apples hint of cardamom

1. Remove zest from orange.

2. Mince half the zest, leave the other half in strips- set aside.

3. Mix cranberries, orange juice, brown sugar, and butter.

4. Divide this mixture in half. Stir minced zest into one half- set other half aside.

5. From the stem end of each of apple, slice off 1/2-inch to form a cap.

6. Remove stem from each cap, and cut an opening large enough for a cinnamon stick.

7. Core each apple with a melon baller. Place apples in a small baking pan and stuff each with a portion of the cranberry mixture containing the zest.

8. Replace cap on each apple, with a cinnamon stick through the old stem opening.

9. Pour remaining cranberry mixture around apples, stirring in remaining zest strips.

10. Bake in a 350-degree oven until apples are tender, about 45 minutes.

11. Transfer apples to serving plates-, pour cranberry mixture from baking pan into a medium saucepan and simmer over medium heat until reduced to a thin syrup, 7 to 10 minutes.

12. Spoon some of the thickened cranberry mixture around each apple.

13. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.

14. Cook's Illustrated, Sept./Oct. 1994, Page 34.

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Dietary Notes:

This recipe is low-sodium with 0mg per serving, low-fat with 0g per serving, low-saturated fat with 0g per serving, low-cholesterol with 0mg per serving and low-calorie with 0 per serving

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