Baked apples with marzipan date filling

Name: Baked apples with marzipan date filling
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 50 g dried dates (pitted); 200 g Marzipan paste; 4 TABLESPOONS chopped almonds; 4 Apples (e.g. Boskop); 2 TABLESPOONS demerara sugar; 2 TABLESPOONS Butter; 200 ml apple juice; 200 g Whipped cream; 3 TABLESPOONS Whiskey cream liqueur (e.g. Baileys); 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

AUTHOR
Antoine Long

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
45 mins

TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

50 g dried dates (pitted)
200 g Marzipan paste
4 TABLESPOONS chopped almonds
4 Apples (e.g. Boskop)
2 TABLESPOONS demerara sugar
2 TABLESPOONS Butter
200 ml apple juice
200 g Whipped cream
3 TABLESPOONS Whiskey cream liqueur (e.g. Baileys)
7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

Directions

1
Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Cut dates into small pieces. Pluck marzipan. Knead with almonds and dates. Wash, halve and core apples and place in an ovenproof dish.
2
Spread the marzipan mixture on the apples. Sprinkle sugar over it and put butter in pieces on top. Pour apple juice. Braise in the hot oven for about 25 minutes.
3
Whip the cream until stiff. Fold in liqueur. Dust apples with icing sugar and serve cream. Vanilla ice cream tastes good with it.