Baked apples with prunes, cinnamon & ginger

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1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Using a sharp knife, score a line around the equator of each apple. Put them into a baking dish with a small splash of water in the bottom.
2. In a bowl, combine the ginger, cinnamon, prunes and sugar. Stuff the mixture into the apples so that they are well packed. Top each with a knob of butter and bake for 35-40 mins, or until cooked through. To test, pierce with a sharp knife - it should slide straight through. The apples can be cooked up to a day ahead, then warmed through in the oven or microwave before eating.
3. Remove from the oven and baste the apples with the liquid left in the dish. Serve hot or warm with the ice cream.

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284 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 47g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 0g, salt 0.19 g

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• HughesnHutch

  11 October 2008

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  Fantastic.....ginger and prunes really make it...love baked apples but this really has the edge....

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• Food Glorious Food

  19 October 2008

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  nice

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• Ami

  05 December 2008

  Ami rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious, made them for colleagues at work and everybody loved them.

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• pamban

  24 May 2009

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  Surprisingly good! The best baked apples I have ever had, lovely flavours and takes minutes to prepare.

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• K-l K

  20 October 2009

  K-l K commented on this recipe

  What can you use instead of stem ginger balls? I don't have access to this kind of thing!

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Ingredients

• 4 cooking apples , cored but left whole
• 2 stem ginger balls, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 4 prunes , chopped
• 50g light muscovado sugar
• 1 tbsp butter
• 4 big scoops good quality vanilla ice cream , to serve

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Serves 4

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Prep 10 mins

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian, Low-fat, Nut-free

Ingredients

• 4 cooking apples , cored but left whole
• 2 stem ginger balls, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 4 prunes , chopped
• 50g light muscovado sugar
• 1 tbsp butter
• 4 big scoops good quality vanilla ice cream , to serve

PER SERVING

284 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 47g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 0g, salt 0.19 g

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