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Baked apples and pears with dried fruit and nuts


Baked apples and pears with dried fruit and nuts

Ingredients

2 apples, preferably Braeburn
1 just ripe pear, preferably
25g (1oz) hazelnuts, chopped
1tbsp sultanas
5 dried apricots, chopped
Ground cinnamon, for dusting
25-50g (1-2oz) unsalted butter
Runny honey, for drizzling
Greek yoghurt, to serve

Baked fruit is easy on the cook and easy on the waistline - and utterly scrumptious!


In short
Preparation time:
15 mins
Cooking time:
30 mins
Total time:
45 mins
Serves:
1-2 people
Course:
Desserts

Nutrition (per portion)
  • 326 calories
  • 17g fat (7g saturates)

Method

1 Preheat oven to 200ºC/180ºC fan/Gas 6. Trim the bottoms of the apples slightly, so they sit flat. Using a corer, remove the cores. Scrape out some apple around the core cavity to allow for more stuffing. Halve the pear and scoop out the core.

2 In a small bowl, mix together the hazelnuts, sultanas and apricots. Arrange the apples and pears in a non-stick baking dish. Stuff the nut and fruit mixture into the apple and pear cavities. Dust with cinnamon; add a good knob of butter to each, then drizzle each one with 1-2tsp honey. Cover with foil.

3 Bake for 20 minutes, then remove foil and bake until just golden, about 10-15 minutes. Serve warm with the pan juices poured over and the yoghurt.


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